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Purple
/ˈpɜːpl/
A color made by mixing blue and red hues together.
Synonyms:
violet
mauve
Antonyms:
This word has no antonyms
Examples:
These curtains are
purple
.
A slave, he had read, had risen to the Roman
purple
.
Give da upstairs a nice
purple
night light as well."
Etymology:
From Old English
purpul
or
popol
, through Latin
purpura
, from Greek
porphyra
referring to a dye obtained from snails.
Usage Statistics:
15 mentions per 1 million words
Moderate
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