Purple




SEE: Purpura
noun — Plural: Purples
1.
(a dark color that is a blend of red and blue; symbol of royal power, great wealth, or high rank. -born in (to) the purple of royal or exalted birth) ពណ៌ស្វាយ (ក្រហមបន្ដិច)
2.
ពណ៌ស្វាយបន្តិច
adjective
1.
Purple dress ស្វាយ (ក្រហមបន្ដិច)
verbpast tense: purpled ; past participle: purpled ; present participle: purpling ;
1.
(បច្ចេកទេស) លួច (លួច ឬប្រពឹត្តិបទចោរកម្ម)
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: Purples
1.
A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.
2.
Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple.
3.
Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth.
4.
Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) as, the banded purple (B. arthemis).
5.
Any shell of the genus Purpura.
6.
A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.
adjective
1.
Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe.
2.
Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority.
verbpast tense: purpled ; past participle: purpled ; present participle: purpling ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood.
1.
A cardinalate
2.
Blood-red, bloody