- purple-coloured
- purˈple-coloured adjective• • •Main Entry: ↑purple
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purple — [OE] Greek porphúrā, a word of Semitic origin, denoted a sort of shellfish from which a reddish dye was obtained (known as Tyrian purple, because it was produced around Tyre, in what is now Lebanon, it was highly prized in ancient times, and used … Word origins
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