Purple
SEE: Purpuranoun — 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)
verb — past 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.
verb — past 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