purpure

[ pur-pyoo r ]

/ ˈpɜr pyʊər /

Heraldry.

noun

the tincture or color purple.

adjective

of the tincture or color purple.

Nearby words

purpura annularis telangiectodes, purpura fulminans, purpura hemorrhagica, purpura senilis, purpura simplex, purpure, purpuric, purpurin, purpurinuria, purr, purree

Origin of purpure

before 900; Middle English, Old English < Latin purpura purple

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Examples from the Web for purpure

The exact tint of murrey is between gules and purpure; and tenn is an orange-tawny colour.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
For Purpure:—mix carmine and French blue, with a little gum: shade with a darker tint of the same.
The Handbook to English Heraldry|Charles Boutell
Except Truth be delicately clothed in purpure, her written verytees can scant find a reader.
Calamities and Quarrels of Authors|Isaac Disraeli
Again, ‘Purpure, a wolf argent’ would mean “a wrangler with a peaceable disposition!!”
The Curiosities of Heraldry|Mark Antony Lower

British Dictionary definitions for purpure

purpure

/ (ˈpɜːpjʊə) /

noun, adjective

(usually postpositive) heraldry purple

Word Origin for purpure

Old English from Latin purpura purple

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