purree
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of purree
First recorded in 1850–55, purree is from the Hindi word piyūṛī
Example Sentences
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The first samples of Indian Yellow, available in Bengal, Bihar, and centers of Rajput painting like Jaipur, were known by many Indian names: piuri, purrée, or gogili—a corruption of the Persian term gaugil, meaning “cow-earth.”
From The New Yorker
It comes from India under the name of purree or Indian yellow, and is used as a pigment.
From Project Gutenberg
In her catnaps she dreams of the Felines Berg�re, the Place Catalle and the Mewlin Rouge, so one day she departs for Purree in pussuit of happiness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gay Purree, an 86-minute UPAnimated cattoon, is all about Mademoiselle Mewsette, a pretty little kitty who has never seen the city.
From Time Magazine Archive
Is a pigment long employed in India under the name Purree, but has not many years been introduced generally into painting in Europe.
From Project Gutenberg
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