Meaning of 'purple'

adjective

of a color intermediate between red and blue

Synonyms: violet purplish

adjective

belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler

Synonyms: royal majestic imperial regal

adjective

excessively elaborate or showily expressed

Example: "a writer of empurpled literature"

Synonyms: empurpled

noun

a purple color or pigment

Synonyms: purpleness

noun

of imperial status

Example: "They were born to the purple."

verb

color purple

Synonyms: empurple purpurate

verb

become purple