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‖ purpurissum Obs. exc. Hist.|pɜːpjʊəˈrɪsəm|
[L.: see purpurisse.]
= purpurisse.
1611Coryat Crudities 266 Thou maist easily discerne the effects of those famous apothecary drugs..stibium, cerussa, and purpurissum. For..the Cortezans..adulterate their faces..with one of these three. 1934Discovery Nov. 323/2 From the artists' materials discovered at Pompeii Professor Pozzi was able to obtain a test-tube full of the mysterious colour purpurissum, the actual tincture of the murex used for the Roman purple dye twenty centuries ago. |