imperial purplen.adj.

Brit.

/ɪmˌpɪərɪəl ˈpəːpl/, U.S.

/ᵻmˌpɪriəl ˈpərp(ə)l/

Forms:

α. late Middle English purpyl emperyal.

β. 1500s–1600s imperiall purple, 1500s–1600s emperial purple, 1500s–1600s emperiall purple, 1600s– imperial purple.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: purple n., imperial adj.

Etymology: In α. forms < purple n. + imperial adj. In β. forms < imperial adj. + purple n. Compare post-classical Latin imperatoria purpura (10th cent.).The α. forms show use of imperial adj. as postmodifier.

A. n.

1. Cloth of (or trimmed with) a rich crimson or purple colour; spec. (with the) a robe or garment made of this, worn as the distinguishing dress of Roman and Byzantine emperors. Hence figurative: imperial office, rank, or power. Cf. purple n. 1.In early and historical use at this and subsequent senses, it is impossible to be sure of the colour being referred to as purple, a general name applied in antiquity to various shades from black (via blue and violet) to red, although a dark crimson seems to have been the most valued shade.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > of specific colour > article of

imperial purple1447

motley1575

mazarine1694

fleshings1838

1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 6865 O maydyn.., Whos face for þe greth beuteuou[sne]sse Were wurthy to were purpyl emperyal.

?1556 N. Smyth tr. Herodian Hist. f. xlvi Formoste rode themperours themselfes, clothed in Imperiall purple [L. cum purpura imperatoria].

1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον ii. 202 Gordianus was slaine within seauenteene dayes after hee had taken vpon him the emperiall purple.

1691 S. Chandler Country's Concurrence 75 The Royal Psalmist..priz'd a Saint in Rags, beyond a Wicked Man though cloathed in Princely Robes, or Imperial Purple.

1740 P. Doddridge Family Expositor II. 545 They wantonly clothed him in a Vest of Imperial Purple.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxiii. 331 Helion..saluted Valentinian.., and solemnly invested him with the diadem, and the Imperial purple.

1848 Punch 15 3/1 He [sc. Louis Napoleon] has already purchased..six yards of imperial purple, at 3s. 9d. a yard.

1867 J. Lord Old Rom. World xi. 480 Rome..wrapped around her the faded folds of her imperial purple.

1957 H. Lamb Constantinople ii. 57 The Praetorian Prefect..emerged..wearing a mantle of imperial purple which, however, reached only to his knees.

2004 C. Holmes Basil II & Governance of Empire vi. 304 Other cities..had been under imperial rule for less than a year when Basil assumed the imperial purple.

2. Any of various rich crimson or purple colours. Now esp.: a deep, rich violet-purple; a shade or tint of this. Cf. purple n. 2.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [noun] > deep purple

royal purple1605

imperial purple1750

Parma violet1822

Modena1879

prelate purple1881

pontiff purple1900

violette de Parme1904

1750 J. Hervey Medit. & Contempl. (ed. 7) I. 215 Observe the Glory, delineated in double Rays, grand with imperial purple, and rich with ætherial blue.

1789 J. Roberts Deluge 14 Refracted rays of light..Break from the showery prism..! Nor unheeded pass The cone of tender blue, and bolder line Of deep imperial purple.

1814 P. Syme Werner's Nomencl. Colours 26 Imperial Purple, is azure and indigo blue with carmine red, about equal parts of each.

1860 A. B. Street Woods & Waters vi. 56 Gold ran along the tops of the tallest trees. The east gleamed with royal crimsons and imperial purples.

1921 Illustr. London News 24 Sept. 414/3 Rich, dark colours (wine-red, mulberry.., imperial purple and dark nasturtium) are shown.

1998 A. Borchardt Silver Wolf (1999) xxxi. 431 The colours sang... Scarlet, rich as a rose's heart, shaded away into imperial purple.

3. Any of various dyes or pigments used to produce one of these colours; esp. those extracted from certain molluscs of the family Muricidae (also known as Tyrian purple) (now historical). Cf. purple n. 4.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > purple dye or pigment > [noun]

turnsole1375

cork1483

jarecork1483

orchil1483

purple1519

purpurisse1519

archil1551

waycoriant1658

orchilla1703

cudbear1772

purple lake1785

imperial purple1788

mauve?1796

phenicin1823

French purple1830

indigo-purple1838

mauve1859

Perkin's mauve1859

violine1859

mauveine1863

purple of Cassiusc1865

tyroline1867

Paris violet1868

Hofmann violet1869

methyl violet1873

punicin1879

crystal violet1885

chrome violet1892

mineral violet1913

Monastral1936

manganese purple1937

1788 R. Henry tr. Pliny Nat. Hist. in Hist. Great. Brit. (ed. 2) II. i. v. 129 To say nothing at present of the imperial purple [L. grani coccum imperatoriis dicatum paludamentis] of Galatia.., the people of Gaul beyond the Alps have invented a method of dying purple..only with certain herbs.

1847 D. Landsborough Arran (ed. 2) xi. 218 Murex, the shell fish which yielded the Tyrian dye, or imperial purple.

1867 Chem. News 16 Aug. 91/2 In 1861 MM. Girard and De Laire procured their imperial purple..by heating equal weights of aniline and dry muriate of rosaniline..for several hours.

1919 Encycl. Americana XXI. 107/1 The ancient full gamut of pigments consisted of: White, an earth from Melas..; then followed the imperial purple of Tyre.

2009 M. L. Wright Weaving Narr. ii. 33 The recipe for imperial purple obtained from murex was lost to the West during the Middle Ages.

B. adj.

(a) Of clothing, etc.: made of imperial purple; (also figurative) royal, imperial, exalted. (b) Of a deep crimson or violet-purple colour. Cf. purple adj. 1, 2.In some cases not clearly distinguishable from use of imperial and purple as independent modifiers.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > made from specific materials

warm?c1225

furredc1325

russet1390

imperial purple1577

furry1691

kidden1714

Shetland1790

pepper-and-salt1792

dreadnought1798

cilice1812

moleskin1836

nainsook1852

lingeriea1865

pepper-salt1882

Milanese1897

ramie1906

pinstripe1935

stranded1935

Day-Glo1949

1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus iv. xxvi, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 337 Iustus.., sawe in his sleepe that his right side was deliuered of the emperiall purple robe [Gk. ἀλουργίδα βασιλικὴν].

1696 L. Milbourne tr. Christian Pattern Paraphras'd ii. xii. 97 He Dy'd, he Rose, and thence to Glory pass'd, And I may reach those Seats of Bliss at last By that Imperial Purple Road [L. hanc regiam viam].

1736 Lett. from Moor at London 257 Ambrosius Aurelianus..took upon him the Imperial purple robe of Britain.

1796 T. G. Browne Hermes Unmasked: Lett. III. & IV. 54 There was a thing..like a chandelier... One man would exclaim, It is true-blue!—another said, it was royal-blue!—a third, it was imperial-purple!

1800 P. Cunningham St. Anne's Hill 14 Th' Imperial purple Stole aside was laid, And Diocletian view'd with more delight The rural honours of his native shade.

1873 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Nov. 424/2 The sun was just setting.., and the shore lay flushed in an imperial purple light.

1966 Speculum 41 14 A miniature..in which Emperor Manuel and his co-opted son, John VIII, wear imperial purple robes.

1984 Winnipeg Free Press 2 June (tvScene) 48/2 The colors were rich and vibrant, as in..an imperial purple jumpsuit in silk.

2001 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 2 June 9 The deep reddish-purple foliage and spikes of imperial purple flowers will contrast with surrounding plants.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	imperial purple
释义	imperial purplen.adj. Brit. /ɪmˌpɪərɪəl ˈpəːpl/, U.S. /ᵻmˌpɪriəl ˈpərp(ə)l/ Forms: α. late Middle English purpyl emperyal. β. 1500s–1600s imperiall purple, 1500s–1600s emperial purple, 1500s–1600s emperiall purple, 1600s– imperial purple. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: purple n., imperial adj. Etymology: In α. forms < purple n. + imperial adj. In β. forms < imperial adj. + purple n. Compare post-classical Latin imperatoria purpura (10th cent.).The α. forms show use of imperial adj. as postmodifier. A. n. 1. Cloth of (or trimmed with) a rich crimson or purple colour; spec. (with the) a robe or garment made of this, worn as the distinguishing dress of Roman and Byzantine emperors. Hence figurative: imperial office, rank, or power. Cf. purple n. 1.In early and historical use at this and subsequent senses, it is impossible to be sure of the colour being referred to as purple, a general name applied in antiquity to various shades from black (via blue and violet) to red, although a dark crimson seems to have been the most valued shade. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > of specific colour > article of imperial purple1447 motley1575 mazarine1694 fleshings1838 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 6865 O maydyn.., Whos face for þe greth beuteuou[sne]sse Were wurthy to were purpyl emperyal. ?1556 N. Smyth tr. Herodian Hist. f. xlvi Formoste rode themperours themselfes, clothed in Imperiall purple [L. cum purpura imperatoria]. 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον ii. 202 Gordianus was slaine within seauenteene dayes after hee had taken vpon him the emperiall purple. 1691 S. Chandler Country's Concurrence 75 The Royal Psalmist..priz'd a Saint in Rags, beyond a Wicked Man though cloathed in Princely Robes, or Imperial Purple. 1740 P. Doddridge Family Expositor II. 545 They wantonly clothed him in a Vest of Imperial Purple. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxiii. 331 Helion..saluted Valentinian.., and solemnly invested him with the diadem, and the Imperial purple. 1848 Punch 15 3/1 He [sc. Louis Napoleon] has already purchased..six yards of imperial purple, at 3s. 9d. a yard. 1867 J. Lord Old Rom. World xi. 480 Rome..wrapped around her the faded folds of her imperial purple. 1957 H. Lamb Constantinople ii. 57 The Praetorian Prefect..emerged..wearing a mantle of imperial purple which, however, reached only to his knees. 2004 C. Holmes Basil II & Governance of Empire vi. 304 Other cities..had been under imperial rule for less than a year when Basil assumed the imperial purple. 2. Any of various rich crimson or purple colours. Now esp.: a deep, rich violet-purple; a shade or tint of this. Cf. purple n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [noun] > deep purple royal purple1605 imperial purple1750 Parma violet1822 Modena1879 prelate purple1881 pontiff purple1900 violette de Parme1904 1750 J. Hervey Medit. & Contempl. (ed. 7) I. 215 Observe the Glory, delineated in double Rays, grand with imperial purple, and rich with ætherial blue. 1789 J. Roberts Deluge 14 Refracted rays of light..Break from the showery prism..! Nor unheeded pass The cone of tender blue, and bolder line Of deep imperial purple. 1814 P. Syme Werner's Nomencl. Colours 26 Imperial Purple, is azure and indigo blue with carmine red, about equal parts of each. 1860 A. B. Street Woods & Waters vi. 56 Gold ran along the tops of the tallest trees. The east gleamed with royal crimsons and imperial purples. 1921 Illustr. London News 24 Sept. 414/3 Rich, dark colours (wine-red, mulberry.., imperial purple and dark nasturtium) are shown. 1998 A. Borchardt Silver Wolf (1999) xxxi. 431 The colours sang... Scarlet, rich as a rose's heart, shaded away into imperial purple. 3. Any of various dyes or pigments used to produce one of these colours; esp. those extracted from certain molluscs of the family Muricidae (also known as Tyrian purple) (now historical). Cf. purple n. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > purple dye or pigment > [noun] turnsole1375 cork1483 jarecork1483 orchil1483 purple1519 purpurisse1519 archil1551 waycoriant1658 orchilla1703 cudbear1772 purple lake1785 imperial purple1788 mauve?1796 phenicin1823 French purple1830 indigo-purple1838 mauve1859 Perkin's mauve1859 violine1859 mauveine1863 purple of Cassiusc1865 tyroline1867 Paris violet1868 Hofmann violet1869 methyl violet1873 punicin1879 crystal violet1885 chrome violet1892 mineral violet1913 Monastral1936 manganese purple1937 1788 R. Henry tr. Pliny Nat. Hist. in Hist. Great. Brit. (ed. 2) II. i. v. 129 To say nothing at present of the imperial purple [L. grani coccum imperatoriis dicatum paludamentis] of Galatia.., the people of Gaul beyond the Alps have invented a method of dying purple..only with certain herbs. 1847 D. Landsborough Arran (ed. 2) xi. 218 Murex, the shell fish which yielded the Tyrian dye, or imperial purple. 1867 Chem. News 16 Aug. 91/2 In 1861 MM. Girard and De Laire procured their imperial purple..by heating equal weights of aniline and dry muriate of rosaniline..for several hours. 1919 Encycl. Americana XXI. 107/1 The ancient full gamut of pigments consisted of: White, an earth from Melas..; then followed the imperial purple of Tyre. 2009 M. L. Wright Weaving Narr. ii. 33 The recipe for imperial purple obtained from murex was lost to the West during the Middle Ages. B. adj. (a) Of clothing, etc.: made of imperial purple; (also figurative) royal, imperial, exalted. (b) Of a deep crimson or violet-purple colour. Cf. purple adj. 1, 2.In some cases not clearly distinguishable from use of imperial and purple as independent modifiers. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > made from specific materials warm?c1225 furredc1325 russet1390 imperial purple1577 furry1691 kidden1714 Shetland1790 pepper-and-salt1792 dreadnought1798 cilice1812 moleskin1836 nainsook1852 lingeriea1865 pepper-salt1882 Milanese1897 ramie1906 pinstripe1935 stranded1935 Day-Glo1949 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus iv. xxvi, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 337 Iustus.., sawe in his sleepe that his right side was deliuered of the emperiall purple robe [Gk. ἀλουργίδα βασιλικὴν]. 1696 L. Milbourne tr. Christian Pattern Paraphras'd ii. xii. 97 He Dy'd, he Rose, and thence to Glory pass'd, And I may reach those Seats of Bliss at last By that Imperial Purple Road [L. hanc regiam viam]. 1736 Lett. from Moor at London 257 Ambrosius Aurelianus..took upon him the Imperial purple robe of Britain. 1796 T. G. Browne Hermes Unmasked: Lett. III. & IV. 54 There was a thing..like a chandelier... One man would exclaim, It is true-blue!—another said, it was royal-blue!—a third, it was imperial-purple! 1800 P. Cunningham St. Anne's Hill 14 Th' Imperial purple Stole aside was laid, And Diocletian view'd with more delight The rural honours of his native shade. 1873 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Nov. 424/2 The sun was just setting.., and the shore lay flushed in an imperial purple light. 1966 Speculum 41 14 A miniature..in which Emperor Manuel and his co-opted son, John VIII, wear imperial purple robes. 1984 Winnipeg Free Press 2 June (tvScene) 48/2 The colors were rich and vibrant, as in..an imperial purple jumpsuit in silk. 2001 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 2 June 9 The deep reddish-purple foliage and spikes of imperial purple flowers will contrast with surrounding plants. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1447
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