purpureal
/pəːˈpjʊərɪəl/Chiefly poetic
adjective
Purple in colour.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in William King (1663–1712), writer. From classical Latin purpureus + -al.
- whippet
- whippiness
- whipping
- whipping boy
- whipping cream
- whipping post
- whipping side
- whippit
- whippletree
- whippoorwill
- whippy
- whip-round
- whipsaw
- whip scorpion
- whip-smart
- whip snake
- whips of
- whip someone into
- whip someone's ass
- whip someone up
- whip something up
- whipstitch
- whipstock
- whiptail
- whiptail lizard