purpel
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (noun): purple, purpul(le), pourpul, purpalle, porpel
- (adjective): purple, purpul(le), porpil(le), porpul, purpre
Etymology[edit]
From Old English purpel, purpul, from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
purpel (uncountable)
- purple fabric, especially an article of clothing
- purple, violet, crimson (colour)
- (heraldry) purple as a tincture
- (medicine, rare) A purple wound or sore.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “purpel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
Adjective[edit]
purpel
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “purpel, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
See also[edit]
whit | grey, hor | blak |
red; cremesyn, gernet | citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne | yelow, dorry, gul; canevas |
grasgrene | grene | |
plunket; ewage | asure, livid | blewe, blo, pers |
violet; inde | rose, murrey; purpel, purpur | claret |
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