purple meaning and definition

PURPLE noun

Definition of purple (noun)

1. a purple color or pigment
   • synonyms: purpleness
2. of imperial status
   • "he was born to the purple"

PURPLE verb

Definition of purple (verb)

1. become purple
2. color purple
   • synonyms: empurple, purpurate

PURPLE adjective

Definition of purple (adjective)

1. of a color intermediate between red and blue
   • synonyms: purplish, violet
2. excessively elaborate or showily expressed
   • "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"
   • synonyms: empurpled, over-embellished
3. belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
   • "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head"
   • synonyms: imperial, majestic, regal, royal