purple
Noun
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A purple color or pigment (synset 104977236)
is a type of: chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has huesubtypes:
- lavender - a pale purple color
- mauve - a moderate purple
- reddish purple, royal purple - a shade of purple tinged with red
- reddish blue, violet - a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum
same as: purpleness -
(in ancient Rome) position of imperial status (synset 114455697)
"he was born to the purple"same as: the purple
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(Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal;
So named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes (synset 103268195)referred to in: church of rome, roman catholic, roman catholic church, roman church, western church - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchyis a type of: ecclesiastical attire, ecclesiastical robe - attire that is appropriate to wear in a churchsame as: the purple
Adjective
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Of a color intermediate between red and blue (synset 300381374)
similar to: chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
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Excessively elaborate or showily expressed (synset 302024586)
"a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"similar to: rhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thoughtsame as: empurpled, over-embellished
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Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler (synset 301595801)
"golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head"similar to: noble - of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times
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