† purpuraceousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin purpura , -aceous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin purpura (see purpure n.) + -aceous suffix. With sense 1 compare French purpuracé purple or purplish in colour (1834). In sense 2 after scientific Latin Purpuracea, former family name ( C. T. Menke Synopsis methodica molluscorum (1828) 34), itself after French purpuracées, plural noun ( Lamarck Philosophie zool. (1809) I. 322). N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (pɒ̄ɹpiŭrēi·ʃəs) /pɜːpjʊəˈreɪʃəs/.

Obsolete.

1. Purple in colour.

ΚΠ

1788 J. Barbut Genera Vermium II. 47/1 Beautifully adorned with purpuraceous brown marks.

1879 S. Lilienthal Homœopathic Therapeutics 414 Chapped purpuraceous eruptions.

1892 G. Massee Brit. Fungus Flora I. 354 White, smooth or fibrillose and purpuraceous.

2. Zoology. Of or relating to the former family Purpuracea of gastropod molluscs (now the family Thaididae), which included many of those that yielded the dye Tyrian purple. Cf. purple n. 5, purpura n. 1. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1046/1 Purpuraceus, applied by Menke to a Family (Purpuracea..) of the Gasteropoda Ctenobranchia, having the Purpura for their type: purpuraceous.

Derivatives

purpuracean adj. and n. Zoology rare (a) adj. = sense 2; (b) n. a gastropod mollusc of the former family Purpuracea.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Purpuracean, a., same as purpuraceous; n., a member of the Purpuracea.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	purpuraceous
释义	† purpuraceousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin purpura , -aceous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin purpura (see purpure n.) + -aceous suffix. With sense 1 compare French purpuracé purple or purplish in colour (1834). In sense 2 after scientific Latin Purpuracea, former family name ( C. T. Menke Synopsis methodica molluscorum (1828) 34), itself after French purpuracées, plural noun ( Lamarck Philosophie zool. (1809) I. 322). N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (pɒ̄ɹpiŭrēi·ʃəs) /pɜːpjʊəˈreɪʃəs/. Obsolete. 1. Purple in colour. ΚΠ 1788 J. Barbut Genera Vermium II. 47/1 Beautifully adorned with purpuraceous brown marks. 1879 S. Lilienthal Homœopathic Therapeutics 414 Chapped purpuraceous eruptions. 1892 G. Massee Brit. Fungus Flora I. 354 White, smooth or fibrillose and purpuraceous. 2. Zoology. Of or relating to the former family Purpuracea of gastropod molluscs (now the family Thaididae), which included many of those that yielded the dye Tyrian purple. Cf. purple n. 5, purpura n. 1. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1046/1 Purpuraceus, applied by Menke to a Family (Purpuracea..) of the Gasteropoda Ctenobranchia, having the Purpura for their type: purpuraceous. Derivatives purpuracean adj. and n. Zoology rare (a) adj. = sense 2; (b) n. a gastropod mollusc of the former family Purpuracea.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Purpuracean, a., same as purpuraceous; n., a member of the Purpuracea. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1788
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