purpureal
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purpureal
- /pɜːˈpjʊə.ɹɪ.əl/ UK
- /pɝˈp(j)ʊ.ɹi.əl/ US
Where it comes from
From Latin purpureus (“purple, violet; brown, reddish; clothed in purple; (figurative) brilliant, shining; beautiful”) + English -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Purpureus is either derived:
* from purpura (“the colour purple; purple-fish (Hexaplex trunculus)”) (from Ancient Greek πορφῠ́ρᾱ (porphŭ́rā, “purple-fish; purple dye obtained from it; purple-dyed cloth; purple stripe or other adornment of a garment”), from πορφύρω (porphúrō, “to redden”)) + -eus (suffix forming adjectives from nouns); or
* from Ancient Greek πορφύρεος (porphúreos, “of a purple colour”), from πορφῠ́ρᾱ (porphŭ́rā) (see above) + -εος (-eos).
adjective more purpureal · most purpureal
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Of a purple colour.
[G]liding thro' his daughter's honour'd ſhades, / The ſmooth Penéus from his glaſſy flood / Reflects purpureal Tempe's pleaſant ſcene?
Similar: purple, purpuraceous, purpurate, purpure, purpurean, purpureous, purpurine
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adj (literary, poetic) of a purple colour — see also purple
| Français | violâtre |
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