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What does purple mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word purple? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.
  2. Cloth, or a garment, dyed a purple colour; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple robe or mantle worn by Ancient Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity.
  3. (by extension) Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings.
  4. Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
  5. The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana.
  6. (medicine) Purpura.
  7. Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis).
  8. A cardinalate.
Adjective
  1. Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.
  2. (politics) Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state, purple city.
  3. (in Netherlands and Belgium) Mixed between social democrats and liberals.
  4. Imperial; regal.
  5. (of language) Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose.
Verb
  1. (intransitive) To turn purple in colour.
  2. (transitive) To dye purple.
  3. (transitive) To clothe in purple.
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