Word Meanings - PURPLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia as, the banded purple . See Illust. under Ursula. (more info) porpre, pourpre, F. pourpre, L. purpura purple fish, purple dye, fr. 1. A color formed

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Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia as, the banded purple . See Illust. under Ursula. (more info) porpre, pourpre, F. pourpre, L. purpura purple fish, purple dye, fr. 1. A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue. Arraying with reflected purple and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend. Milton. Note: The ancient words which are translated purple are supposed to have been used for the color we call crimson. In the gradations of color as defined in art, purple is a mixture of red and blue. When red predominates it is called violet, and when blue predominates, hyacinth. 2. 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; as, to put on the imperial purple. Thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and purple, and scarlet. Ex. xxvi. 1. 3. Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth. "He was born in the purple." Gibbon. 4. A cardinalate. See Cardinal.

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