purpurealadj.

Brit.

/pəːˈpjʊərɪəl/, U.S.

/pərˈp(j)ʊriəl/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin purpureus , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin purpureus (see purpureous adj.) + -al suffix¹. Compare earlier purpurean adj., purpureous adj.

Chiefly poetic.

Purple in colour.

ΘΚΠ

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

purpurine1300

purpurec1400

purple1415

purpurate?c1422

purple-coloured1567

porphyrite1601

purpie1651

purpurean1656

blattean1658

purpureal1708

porphyrous1798

Babylonian1846

1708 W. King Art of Love 92 If by her the purpureal Velvet's worn, Think that she rises like the Blush of Morn.

1799 R. Polwhele Grecian Prospects ii. 40 My Hebes the purpureal spot adorn.

1815 W. Wordsworth Poems I. 229 Fields invested with purpureal gleams.

1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 964 That purpureal dye Which gave the Tyrian loom such old renown.

1879 R. C. Trench Poems 221 Meadows with purpureal roses bright.

1949 J. Brooke Mine of Serpents i. vi. 43 So nineteen-seventeen became coloured, in memory, by the rich, purpureal glow of heather and loosestrife.

1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 193 Pants, shirt, and helmets are of the most hideous purpureal grape imaginable.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	purpureal
释义	purpurealadj. Brit. /pəːˈpjʊərɪəl/, U.S. /pərˈp(j)ʊriəl/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin purpureus , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin purpureus (see purpureous adj.) + -al suffix¹. Compare earlier purpurean adj., purpureous adj. Chiefly poetic. Purple in colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adjective] purpurine1300 purpurec1400 purple1415 purpurate?c1422 purple-coloured1567 porphyrite1601 purpie1651 purpurean1656 blattean1658 purpureal1708 porphyrous1798 Babylonian1846 1708 W. King Art of Love 92 If by her the purpureal Velvet's worn, Think that she rises like the Blush of Morn. 1799 R. Polwhele Grecian Prospects ii. 40 My Hebes the purpureal spot adorn. 1815 W. Wordsworth Poems I. 229 Fields invested with purpureal gleams. 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 964 That purpureal dye Which gave the Tyrian loom such old renown. 1879 R. C. Trench Poems 221 Meadows with purpureal roses bright. 1949 J. Brooke Mine of Serpents i. vi. 43 So nineteen-seventeen became coloured, in memory, by the rich, purpureal glow of heather and loosestrife. 1996 A. Theroux Secondary Colors 193 Pants, shirt, and helmets are of the most hideous purpureal grape imaginable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1708
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