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PURPLE

Definition:

[noun] a chromatic color between red and blue
Synonyms: ness, emd
[noun] of imperial status; "he was born to the purple"
[verb] become purple
[verb] color purple
Synonyms: empurpurate
[adjective] of a color midway between red and blue
Synonyms: violet, purplish
[adjective] excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "speech embellished with classical quotations"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"
Synonyms: embellished, emd, over-embellished
[adjective] 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"
Synonyms: imperial, majestic, regal, royal