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purple

Purple is a 6 letter word which starts with the letter P and ends with the letter E for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(n.) A color formed by or resembling that formed by a combination of the primary colors red and blue.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank dignity or favor; loosely and colloquially any exalted station; great wealth.
(n.) A cardinalate. See Cardinal.
(n.) Any species of large butterflies usually marked with purple or blue of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) as the banded purple (B. arthemis). See Illust. under Ursula.

Syllable Information

The word purple is a 6 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for purple is: pur-ple


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