purplish

Or pur·ply

[pur-plish]

adjective

1. of or having a somewhat purple hue.

Other Word Forms

• purplishness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of purplish¹

First recorded in 1555–65; purple + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

Directly below this building is a gigantic, swirling portal of purplish energy that looks like it’s made from the same thing as what’s in glowsticks.

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Kicking back to watch purplish and pink sunset colors arc over the sky while the last gasps of alpenglow fade from Mount Adams felt like a classic Northwest rural tableau.

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The skin under her eyes was purplish, but still, she beamed at Cat.

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Birds squawked in weird intonations, a few stars dotted a purplish sky, and the temperature felt like it dropped several degrees.

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Coffman, who served two decades in the military before coming to Congress, was perennially endangered given his purplish district in the Denver suburbs.

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