purple

nounadjectiveverb /pɜrpəl/ 2 syllables 6 letters Scrabble 10 WWF 14

Definitions

noun

a purple color or pigment

adjective

of a color intermediate between red and blue

adjective

belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler

“purple tyrant”

verb

color purple

noun

position of imperial status

“he was born to the purple”

adjective

excessively elaborate or showily expressed

“a writer of empurpled literature”

noun

official dress of a cardinal; so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes

verb

become purple

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