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Word entry · 6 letters

purple

Best crossword clue

"Color of some grapes"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɜː.pl̩/Part of speech verb, adjective, nounSorted elppruStarts with PEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Color between red and blue.

Word origin

From Middle English purple, purpel, from Old English purpul (“purple”, adjective), taken from Old English purpure (“purple colour”, noun), from Latin purpura (“purple dye, shellfish”), from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra, “purple-fish”), perhaps of Semitic origin. Doublet of purpura and purpure.

Used in a sentence

  • Arraying with reflected Purple and Gold / The Clouds that on his Weſtern Throne attend.
  • to put on the imperial purple
  • Thy head as Carmelus: and the heares of thy head as a kings purple tyed to cundite pipes.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Color of some grapes6 letters
02Violet color6 letters

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