1. Regal, imperial
2. Of the color purple
3. Highly rhetorical; ornate; marked by profanity
4. Of a color midway between red and blue; SYN. violet, purplish.

ETYM Old Eng. purpre, pourpre, Old Fren. purpre, porpre, pourpre, French pourpre, Latin purpura purple fish, purple dye. Related to Porphyry, Purpure.
1. A chromatic color between red and blue; SYN. purpleness, empurpled.
2. Of imperial status.

1. To become purple.
2. To color purple; SYN. empurple, purpurate.