Purple - Definition

adj 1: of a color intermediate between red and blue [syn:
purple, violet, purplish]
2: excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of
empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "an over-
embellished story of the fish that got away" [syn:
empurpled, over-embellished, purple]
3: belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of
imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated
with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head"
[syn: imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal]
n 1: a purple color or pigment [syn: purple, purpleness]
2: of imperial status; "he was born to the purple"
v 1: become purple
2: color purple [syn: purple, empurple, purpurate]