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单词 purpure
释义

purpure

[ pur-pyoor ]
/ ˈpɜr pyʊər /
Heraldry.

noun

the tincture or color purple.

adjective

of the tincture or color purple.

Origin of purpure

before 900; Middle English, Old English <Latin purpurapurple

Words nearby purpure

purpura annularis telangiectodes, purpura fulminans, purpura hemorrhagica, purpura senilis, purpura simplex, purpure, purpuric, purpurin, purpurinuria, purr, purree
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Example sentences from the Web for purpure

  • The exact tint of murrey is between gules and purpure; and tenn is an orange-tawny colour.

    A Complete Guide to Heraldry|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
  • For Purpure:—mix carmine and French blue, with a little gum: shade with a darker tint of the same.

    The Handbook to English Heraldry|Charles Boutell
  • Except Truth be delicately clothed in purpure, her written verytees can scant find a reader.

    Calamities and Quarrels of Authors|Isaac Disraeli
  • Again, ‘Purpure, a wolf argent’ would mean “a wrangler with a peaceable disposition!!”

    The Curiosities of Heraldry|Mark Antony Lower

British Dictionary definitions for purpure

purpure
/ (ˈpɜːpjʊə) /

noun, adjective

(usually postpositive) heraldry purple

Word Origin for purpure

Old English from Latin purpura purple
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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