![]() ![]() decoration for service members wounded in combat, instituted 1932 originally a cloth decoration begun by George Washington in 1782. Rhetorical for "splendid, gaudy" (of prose) from 1590s. \nAlso the color of mourning or penitence (especially in royalty or clergy). Tyrian purple, produced around Tyre, was prized as dye for royal garments.\n As a color name, attested from early 15c. Purpur continued as a parallel form until 15c., and through 19c. ![]() from Latin purpura "purple color, purple-dyed cloak, purple dye," also "shellfish from which purple was made," and "splendid attire generally," from Greek porphyra "purple dye, purple" (see porphyry), of uncertain origin, perhaps Semitic, originally the name for the shellfish ( murex) from which it was obtained. Old English purpul, dissimilation (first recorded in Northumbrian, in Lindisfarne gospel) of purpure "purple dye, a purple garment," purpuren (adj.) "purple," a borrowing by 9c. To be born in the purple, to be of princely birth to be It is obtained from Ianthina, andįrom several species of Purpura, and Murex. Or crimson color, and is supposed to be the substance of Purple of mollusca (Zol.), a coloring matter derivedįrom certain mollusks, which dyes wool, etc., of a purple Purple-tinged, purple-tinted, and the like. Purple-colored, purple-hued, purple-stained, Participles forming words of obvious signification as, Note: Purple is sometimes used in composition, esp. (formerly Limenitis) as, the banded purple ( Basilarchia Marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (Zol.) Any species of large butterflies, usually Hence: Imperial sovereignty royal rank, dignity, orįavor loosely and colloquially, any exalted station Thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains ofįine twined linen, and purple, and scarlet. Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity as, to Predominates it is called violet, and when blueĬloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color Įspecially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank orĪuthority specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by In the gradations of color as defined in art, Supposed to have been used for the color we callĬrimson. Note: The ancient words which are translated purple are The clouds that on his western throne attend. AS.Ī color formed by, or resembling that formed by, aĬombination of the primary colors red and blue. Sea), purple, ? to grow dark (said of the sea), to be ![]()
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