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 I.  adjective (purpler; purplest) 
 Etymology: Middle English purpel, alteration of purper, from Old English purpuran of purple, genitive of purpure purple color, from Latin purpura, from Greek porphyra Date: before 12th century  regal  ,  imperial  , of the color purple, 
 
 3. highly rhetorical ;  ornate  , marked by profanity, 
 
 II.  noun 
 Date: 15th century
 
 
 1. a. cloth dyed purple, a garment of such color, b.  Tyrian purple  , any of various colors that fall about midway between red and blue in hue, c. a mollusk (as of the genus  Purpura ) yielding a purple dye and especially the Tyrian purple of ancient times, a pigment or dye that colors purple, 
 
 2. imperial or regal rank or power, high rank or station, 
 
 III.  verb (purpled; purpling)
 Date: 15th century
 transitive  verb to make purple, intransitive  verb to become purple

 purple coneflower 
  noun 
 Date: circa 1909
 any of a North American genus ( Echinacea, especially  E. purpurea ) of coarse perennial composite herbs with thick rough leaves and long-stalked flower heads having purplish-brown cone-shaped disks and usually pink to purplish rays

 purple finch 
  noun 
 Date: 1754
 a finch ( Carpodacus purpureus ) of the United States and Canada having in the male a rosy-red head, breast, and rump

 purple heart 
  noun 
 Date: 1932
 a United States military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces wounded or killed in action

 purple loosestrife 
  noun 
 Date: 1548
 a perennial Eurasian marsh herb ( Lythrum salicaria ) of the loosestrife family that is naturalized in eastern North America and has long spikes of purple flowers

 purple martin 
  noun 
 Date: 1743
 a large swallow ( Progne subis ) of North America the males of which have glossy purplish-blue plumage

 purple passage 
  noun 
 Etymology: translation of Latin pannus purpureus purple patch; from the traditional splendor of purple cloth as contrasted with plainer materials
 Date: 1895
 a passage conspicuous for brilliance or effectiveness in a work that is dull, commonplace, or uninspired, a piece of obtrusively ornate writing

 purple patch 
  noun see:  purple passage  

 purple scale 
  noun 
 Date: circa 1909
 a brownish or purplish armored scale ( Lepidosaphes beckii ) that is destructive to citrus fruit