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HYPHEN
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ROGET THESAURUS

purpure

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

pur=pure

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CIDE DICTIONARY

purpure, n. [L. purpura purple. See Purple.].

Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base). [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

purpure, n. & adj. Heraldry purple.

Etymology

OE purpure & OF purpre f. L purpura (as PURPURA)

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ROGET THESAURUS

purpure

Purple

N purple, blue and red, bishop's purple, aniline dyes, gridelin, amethyst, purpure, heliotrope, lividness, lividity, purple, violet, ultraviolet, plum-colored, lavender, lilac, puce, mauve, livid.

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