purpureousadj.

Brit.

/pəːˈpjʊərɪəs/,

/pəːˈpjɔːrɪəs/, U.S.

/pərˈp(j)əriəs/

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

Etymology: < classical Latin purpureus (adjective) purple ( < ancient Greek πορϕύρεος purple: see porphyre n.) + -ous suffix. Compare purpurean adj., purpureal adj.

Purple in colour; purplish.

ΚΠ

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Rr4^v In whose summity, little purpureous flowers [L. flosculi purpurascentes] emicate.

1669 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 4 911 The Purpureous and florid color of the Blood in the Arteries..depends altogether from..the Admixture of the Air with the Blood.

1707 J. Stevens tr. Life Estevanillo Gonzales xiv, in Spanish Libertines xiv. 507 Resplendent Odorif'rous Queen of Flowers;..Purpureous Charmer of the Airy Sense.

1776 tr. G. Beccaria Treat. Artific. Electr. iii. i. 230 An electric light, of a purpureous colour, fills the whole empty space in the barometer.

1871 Amer. Naturalist 5 570 No such indurated scales, but only the purpureous bracts, as are those of flowering larch-trees, are developed.

1931 Isis 15 68 In letting blood it is found that the last part, coming from the arteries is always the most purpureous.

1998 Novon 8 451/2 The floral morphology of P. racemosus is rather different, with vinaceous to purpureous petals.

Derivatives

† purpureously adv. Obsolete rare purply; with a purple tinge.

ΘΚΠ

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

purpureously1675

purply1725

purply1753

1675 E. Wilson Spadacrene Dunelmensis 54 As purpureously red as our genuine and best coloured Claret.

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

单词	purpureous
释义	purpureousadj. Brit. /pəːˈpjʊərɪəs/, /pəːˈpjɔːrɪəs/, U.S. /pərˈp(j)əriəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin purpureus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin purpureus (adjective) purple ( < ancient Greek πορϕύρεος purple: see porphyre n.) + -ous suffix. Compare purpurean adj., purpureal adj. Purple in colour; purplish. ΚΠ 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Rr4^v In whose summity, little purpureous flowers [L. flosculi purpurascentes] emicate. 1669 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 4 911 The Purpureous and florid color of the Blood in the Arteries..depends altogether from..the Admixture of the Air with the Blood. 1707 J. Stevens tr. Life Estevanillo Gonzales xiv, in Spanish Libertines xiv. 507 Resplendent Odorif'rous Queen of Flowers;..Purpureous Charmer of the Airy Sense. 1776 tr. G. Beccaria Treat. Artific. Electr. iii. i. 230 An electric light, of a purpureous colour, fills the whole empty space in the barometer. 1871 Amer. Naturalist 5 570 No such indurated scales, but only the purpureous bracts, as are those of flowering larch-trees, are developed. 1931 Isis 15 68 In letting blood it is found that the last part, coming from the arteries is always the most purpureous. 1998 Novon 8 451/2 The floral morphology of P. racemosus is rather different, with vinaceous to purpureous petals. Derivatives † purpureously adv. Obsolete rare purply; with a purple tinge. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [adverb] purpureously1675 purply1725 purply1753 1675 E. Wilson Spadacrene Dunelmensis 54 As purpureously red as our genuine and best coloured Claret. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1657
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