PURPLE vs PURPLISH: NOUN
- Of the various colors called purple at any time, the Tyrian dye (which was properly a crimson) was anciently the most celebrated. This color was produced from an animal juice found in a shell-fish called murex or conchylium by the ancients. See Purpura, 2.
- A color formed by the mixture of blue and red, including the violet of the spectrum above wave-length 0.417 micron, which is nearly a violet-blue, and extending to but not including crimson.
- A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.
- Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings.
- Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
- The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana.
- Hence Imperial or regal power; the office or dignity of an emperor or king.
- The rank or office of a cardinal.
- Imperial power; high rank.
- Cloth of a color between violet and red, formerly worn as a symbol of royalty or high office.
- Any of a group of colors with a hue between that of violet and red.
- A chromatic color between red and blue
- Of imperial status
- The rank or office of a bishop.
- A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.
- Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity.
- Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth.
- A cardinalate. See Cardinal.
- Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) See Illust. under Ursula.
- Any shell of the genus Purpura.
- See Purpura.
- A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.
- Same as Cudbear.
- See Cassius.
- A coloring matter derived from certain mollusks, which dyes wool, etc., of a purple or crimson color, and is supposed to be the substance of the famous Tyrian dye. It is obtained from Ianthina, and from several species of Purpura, and Murex.
- To be of princely birth; to be highborn.
- Plural See purples.
- A purple fluid secreted by certain shell-fish, more fully called purple of Mollusca.
- A shell of the genus Purpura.
- A gastropod yielding a purple fluid for dyeing, as a murex. Holland, tr. of Pliny.
- A cloth robe, dress, or mantle of this hue, formerly the distinguishing dress of emperors, kings, or princes: as, to wear the purple.
- A cardinalate: so called in allusion to the red or scarlet hat and robes worn officially by cardinals.
- N/A
PURPLE vs PURPLISH: ADJECTIVE
- Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority.
- The European purple gallinule. See under Gallinule.
- Blood-red; bloody.
- See Bornite.
- The crow blackbird. See under Crow.
- See under Martin.
- See Ianthina.
- Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color.
- Elaborate and ornate.
- Royal or imperial; regal.
- Of the color purple.
- Excessively elaborate or showily expressed
- Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
- Of a color midway between red and blue
- See under Sandpiper.
- Of a color intermediate between red and blue
- Somewhat purple in colour/color.
- Somewhat purple.
- Of a color midway between red and blue
PURPLE vs PURPLISH: VERB
- Become purple
- Color purple
- N/A
PURPLE vs PURPLISH: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color.
- N/A
PURPLE vs PURPLISH: OTHER WORD TYPES
- See Patersonia.
- Imperial; regal; of the conventional color of imperial robes.
- Of a hue or color composed of red and blue blended.
- To become purple; assume a purplish hue.
- To tinge or stain with purple; impart a purplish hue to.
- A color between red and blue
- (in ancient Rome) position of imperial status
- (Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal; so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes
- A purple color or pigment
- Of a color intermediate between red and blue
- (transitive; intransitive verb) To make or become purple.
- N/A
PURPLE vs PURPLISH: RELATED WORDS
- Empurpled, Purpurate, Rhetorical, Noble, Imperial, Majestic, Royal, Chromatic, Coloured, Regal, Embellished, Colorful, Violet, Purplish, Colored
- Purply, Orangish, Greenish, Grayish, Whitish, Blackish, Brownish, Yellowish, Bluish, Pinkish, Reddish, Chromatic, Colored, Violet, Purple
PURPLE vs PURPLISH: DESCRIBE WORDS
- In color, Empurpled, Rhetorical, Noble, Imperial, Majestic, Royal, Chromatic, Coloured, Regal, Embellished, Colorful, Violet, Purplish, Colored
- Purply, Orangish, Greenish, Grayish, Whitish, Blackish, Brownish, Yellowish, Bluish, Pinkish, Reddish, Chromatic, Colored, Violet, Purple
PURPLE vs PURPLISH: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Among the popular purple gemstones is the purple diamond.
- Purple Slime boss drops the Purple Slime Staff, though he appears to be holding no weapon in battle.
- If a plant inherited a purple allele from one of its parents, it would be purple.
- Purple Get a free Purple pillow with the purchase of a mattress.
- Royal Purple and the Color Purple for Oil Filters are registered trademarks of Calumet Branded Products, LLC.
- Put purple lilies on your grave and a purple rock too.
- Purple boards, purple cloth spine stamped in gold.
- Quote, purple background, purple sky, vaporwave, golden aesthetics.
- Still have my Purple Rain promo on purple vinyl.
- Choose between the Purple mattress, Purple Hybrid or Purple Hybrid Premier, or save even bigger by going for a bundle.
- Tends to be a dark chocolate or purplish brown.
- The color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish.
- Leaves are deep glossy green, edged in purplish red.
- CHEMICAL REACTIONS: KOH dull purplish red on peridium.
- Their colour is mottled, yellow and purplish red.
- Often, purplish insect galls occur on the plant.
- The black duck has a purplish blue speculum.
- And the sagging cheeks, with those purplish blotches.
- Plants stunted in growth; purplish colored leaf veins.
- Applicant law schools, purplish to the same wave.
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