purpurissen.
/ˈpəːpjᵿrɪs/, U.S. /ˈpərp(j)ərəs/ Now historical and rare.
A kind of red or purple cosmetic paint or paste applied to the lips and cheeks; = purpurissum n.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun]
purpurisse1519
red1589
purpurissum1611
madder lake1821
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
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xviii. f. 169 They whyte theyr face,..with cerusse: and theyr lyppis and ruddis with purpurisse.
?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. ix. sig. I.ij Purpurice or ceruse..the one countrefaiteth the rudde of precious stones in the lyppes the other whitnes of face.
1619 T. Taylor Circumspect Walking xxvii. 297 Wee couer vncomely parts, but with what? with cloths to hide them, not with painting, stibium, white lead, purpurisse, or cheeke-varnish.
1640 R. Brathwait Ar't Asleepe Husband? 241 I would, I..might see in that day of Christian exaltation, whether with cerusse, and purpurisse, and saffron, and such compasse of Tyres about your heads you shall rise againe?
1952 C. Camden Elizabethan Woman vii. 180 A number of different dyes are used for the desired red coloring, such as 'purpurice'; it seems to have been a red dye, possibly from madder, although around 1569 C. Pyrrye speaks of the application of 'purple culler on her chekes' if nature has not provided enough color.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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