purpure

[ pur-pyoo r ]

/ ˈpɜr pyʊər /

Heraldry.

noun

the tincture or color purple.

adjective

of the tincture or color purple.

Nearby words

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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