Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Purple: represented in heraldry by diagonal lines from the sinister base of the shield to the dexter chief.
Wiktionary
- n. heraldry : A purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees clockwise.
- adj. heraldry In blazon, of the colour purple.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Her.) Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base).
Etymologies
- From Old French purpure ("purple"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The juma records stated the Collector had been buried in his "robes of purpure royal.”
“I think the purple of the mantling highly effective -- purpure, that's called -- which, taken with the red and black, would give a most romantic light to our hall in New Babylon if we put a window at the turn of the stair.”
“In the Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica (Vol. I, p. 254) the family is traced to the year 1588, and the arms given as Vair, purpure and erm on a chief gu.”
“It displayed on a field, vert, three waving transverse bars argent, and in a free quarter-purpure - dexter a medal of the Franco-Prussian War in natural colors.”
“That old shield of Florence, parted per pale, argent and gules, (or our own Saxon Oswald's, parted per pale, or and purpure,) are heraldry changeless in sign; declaring the necessary balance, in ruling men, of the Rational and Imaginative powers; pure Alp, and glowing cloud.”
“Colemanus impavidus nondum, atque in purpure natus”
“_Ogress_ is sable: the _Pomme_ is vert: and the _Golpe_ is purpure.”
“For DE LACI, Earl of LINCOLN -- _Or, a Lion rampt. purpure_ (E. 2), No. 194.”
“It is bubbling, clear purpure in color and tastes like peppermint with a hint of corn.”
“On the dexter side an angel, mantle purpure; on the head a celestial crown; the right hand supporting an anchor proper; in the left a palm branch, or.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘purpure’.
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phrontistery - p
from phrontistery.info
pabouche, pabulous, pabulum, pacable, pace, pachydermia, pachyglossal, pachymeter, pachynsis, paciferous, pacificate, pactolian and 1766 more...
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Words beginning with P
peripatetic, pearlescent, perfunctory, palliate, permafrost, prosthetic, pliant, pluvious, percussion, procrastinate, progeria, prognathism and 49 more...
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ancient signs
ouroboros, calypso, la sirene, Medusa, chthonic, aureole, colophon, succubus, peri, homunculus, zephyr, numinous and 56 more...
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color, light & sight
albedo, chromatography, chromatic, tone, penumbra, superluminal, diaphanous, iridescent, amethyst, opalescent, celadon, lapis and 35 more...
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Heraldry
azure, gules, sable, vert, purpure, or, argent, ermine, vair, charge, ordinary, cross and 118 more...
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learning
A list of words whose meanings I am learning, either because a) I don't know the meaning b) I know the meaning, but could stand to better appreciate certain inflections or secondary meanings or c) ...
louche, educe, loam, cob, sclerotic, palliate, axial, syndicalist, ecumenical, sally, fatuous, parvenu and 1380 more...
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Chromonyms
These chromonyms are defined as colors in at least one dictionary (mostly MW3). (Actually there's one fake, for reasons I'll explain someday.) They are all one-word nouns such as "kelly", which can...
absinthe, acacia, acorn, alabaster, alesan, almond, aloma, amaranth, amber, amethyst, anemone, anil and 821 more...
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Medieval heraldry...
or what I can remember of it.
gules, argent, or, azure, vert, fess, bend, sinister, chief, chevron, ermine, fleur-de-lys and 68 more...
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Uncommon Color Names
Tyrian, aubergine, vermillion, gentian blue, chartreuse, cerulean, carmine, gamboge, cinnabar, feldgrau, malachite, periwinkle and 41 more...
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unusual color-related words
Not your typical red, blue, steel grey or even burnt umber.
glaucous, fuscous, clinquant, cerulean, falu red, puce, amaranth, cerise, vermilion, heliotrope, mountbatten pink, sangria and 54 more...
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Purple
lilac, violet, mauve, magenta, plum, lavender, puce, maroon, orchid, grape, mulberry, purpure and 4 more...
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