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1.nounA colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.
2.noun(colour theory) Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.
3.nounCloth, 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."to put on the imperial purple"
4.noun(by extension) Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings.
5.nounAny of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
6.nounThe purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana.
7.nounPurpura.
8.nounEarcockle, a disease of wheat.
9.nounAny of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis)."the banded purple"
10.nounA cardinalate.
11.verbTo turn purple in colour.
12.verbTo dye purple.
13.verbTo clothe in purple.
14.adjectiveHaving a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.
15.adjectiveNot predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state, purple city.
16.adjective(in Netherlands and Belgium) Mixed between social democrats and liberals.
17.adjectiveImperial; regal.
18.adjectiveBlood-red; bloody.
19.adjective(of language) Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose.
20.adjective(of a sector, lap, etc.) Completed in the fastest time so far in a given session.
21.nounA recreational drug based on cough syrup, popular in the hip-hop community in the southern United States.