purpure
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Definition of purpure
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable)A purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees clockwise.
“Many authorities reject the authenticity of purpure as a tincture.”
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noun
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(uncountable)A purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees clockwise.
“Many authorities reject the authenticity of purpure as a tincture.”
adj
- (not-comparable)In blazon, of the colour purple.
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Etymology
From Middle English purpure, from Old English purpure and Old French purpure (“purple”); both from Latin purpura. Doublet of purple and purpura.
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