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Purple Face Adjective ˈpɜːpl ˈpɜːrpl Flower/Dress Rage Effort

Word3 purple
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic /ˈpɜːpl/ /ˈpɜːrpl/
Example
  • a purple flower/dress
  • his face was purple with rage.
  • the effort was making her face turn purple.
  • it produces lovely dark purple berries around this time of year.
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purple

(adjective)/ˈpɜːpl/ /ˈpɜːrpl/
  1. having the colour of blue and red mixed together
    • a purple flower/dress
    • His face was purple with rage.
    • The effort was making her face turn purple.
    • It produces lovely dark purple berries around this time of year.
  2. writing or a piece of writing that is too grand in style
  3. Word Origin

    • Old English (describing the clothing of an emperor), alteration of purpre, from Latin purpura ‘purple’, from Greek porphura, denoting molluscs that yielded a crimson dye, also cloth dyed with this.
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