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Opinion d’un Medecin sur la Maladie de l’Empereur Napoleon, et sur la Cause de sa Mort; offerte a son Fils, au Jour de sa Majorite. Par S. Hereau, […]”, in James Johnson, editor, The Medico-Chirurgical Review, and Journal of Practical Medicine, volume X, number XX, London: […] S. Highley, […], page 434", "text": "When we picture to ourselves his [Napoleon’s] dawning military genius at Toulon—his daring and decided politics in the storms of the Revolution—his Cæsarian ambition in assuming the purple—[…]", "type": "quotation" }, { "ref": "1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.29", "text": "The immediate successors of Augustus indulged in appalling cruelties towards senators and towards possible competitors for the purple.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "Imperial power." ], "id": "en-purple-en-noun-bOaNTiW6", "raw_glosses": [ "(by extension) Imperial power." ], "tags": [ "broadly" ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "6 6 5 1 5 7 6 3 5 3 0 10 3 6 10 4 0 2 9 8 0 0", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup", "parents": [ "Entries with topic categories using raw markup", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "5 5 5 1 6 7 5 3 5 2 1 10 2 9 9 3 0 2 10 8 0 0 0 0", "kind": "other", "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "3 4 7 1 7 9 3 4 5 2 1 12 2 9 6 2 0 2 10 9 0 0", "kind": "lifeform", "langcode": "en", "name": "Neogastropods", "orig": "en:Neogastropods", "parents": [ "Gastropods", "Mollusks", "Animals", "Lifeforms", "All topics", "Life", "Fundamental", "Nature" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "1 3 1 4 2 4 2 15 9 4 2 19 2 5 8 4 3 2 4 2 2 1", "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Purples", "orig": "en:Purples", "parents": [ "Colors", "Light", "Vision", "Energy", "Senses", "Nature", "Perception", "All topics", "Body", "Fundamental", "Human" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk." ], "id": "en-purple-en-noun-yaOuCRaK", "links": [ [ "mollusk", "mollusk" ], [ "Tyrian purple", "Tyrian purple" ], [ "dog whelk", "dog whelk" ] ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "ref": "2005, Tipi Paul, Wanna Smoke?: The Adventures of a Storyteller, page 14", "text": "Sure, some purple Owlsley.", "type": "quotation" }, { "ref": "2010, Mark Arax, West of the West, page 221", "text": "“Purple smoke is no joke. Especially when it is real purple. The smell, taste, and high is easily one of the best in the world. One bowl of some purple Kush, and I'm done for a couple of hours.", "type": "quotation" }, { "ref": "2011, Danielle Santiago, Allure of the Game, page 148", "text": "She preferred to smoke some good purple, but getting high wasn't an option.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana." ], "id": "en-purple-en-noun-rUeQka-D", "links": [ [ "purple haze", "purple haze" ], [ "cultivar", "cultivar" ], [ "cannabis", "cannabis" ], [ "kush", "kush" ], [ "marijuana", "marijuana" ] ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Medicine", "orig": "en:Medicine", "parents": [ "Biology", "Sciences", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "5 5 5 1 6 7 5 3 5 2 1 10 2 9 9 3 0 2 10 8 0 0 0 0", "kind": "other", "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "Purpura." ], "id": "en-purple-en-noun-2jxlvOpS", "links": [ [ "medicine", "medicine" ], [ "Purpura", "purpura" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(medicine) Purpura." ], "topics": [ "medicine", "sciences" ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "6 6 5 1 5 7 6 3 5 3 0 10 3 6 10 4 0 2 9 8 0 0", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup", "parents": [ "Entries with topic categories using raw markup", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "Earcockle, a disease of wheat." ], "id": "en-purple-en-noun-7YEUZsti", "links": [ [ "Earcockle", "earcockle" ] ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "3 3 6 0 5 8 4 3 5 2 0 8 3 8 8 10 0 2 9 8 2 1", "kind": "lifeform", "langcode": "en", "name": "Limenitidine butterflies", "orig": "en:Limenitidine butterflies", "parents": [ "Nymphalid butterflies", "Butterflies", "Insects", "Arthropods", "Animals", "Lifeforms", "All topics", "Life", "Fundamental", "Nature" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "the banded purple", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis)." ], "id": "en-purple-en-noun-Mk3Rk423", "links": [ [ "Limenitis", "Limenitis#Translingual" ] ] }, { "glosses": [ "A cardinalate." ], "id": "en-purple-en-noun-yTq75IBr", "links": [ [ "cardinalate", "cardinalate" ] ] }, { "alt_of": [ { "word": "purple drank" } ], "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "American English", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "2012, “Magic”, in Pluto, performed by Future ft. T.I.", "text": "Fishtailing out the parking lot leaving Magic / Sipping on the purple and the yellow, drinking magic", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "Ellipsis of purple drank." ], "id": "en-purple-en-noun-bXhlCSbV", "links": [ [ "purple drank", "purple drank#English" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(slang, US) Ellipsis of purple drank." ], "tags": [ "US", "abbreviation", "alt-of", "ellipsis", "slang" ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "British English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "3 4 7 0 7 9 5 4 6 2 0 6 3 8 6 3 0 2 11 11 0 0", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "6 6 5 1 5 7 6 3 5 3 0 10 3 6 10 4 0 2 9 8 0 0", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup", "parents": [ "Entries with topic categories using raw markup", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { 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"word": "volomparasy" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "colour", "word": "ungu" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "ml", "lang": "Malayalam", "roman": "dhūmranūl", "sense": "colour", "word": "ധൂമ്രനൂൽ" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "colour", "word": "pāpura" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "colour", "word": "waiporoporo" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "mr", "lang": "Marathi", "roman": "jāmbhḷā", "sense": "colour", "word": "जांभळा" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "mkj", "lang": "Mokilese", "sense": "colour", "word": "pwijehn mwoal" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "čas ulaan", "sense": "colour", "word": "час улаан" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "moe", "lang": "Montagnais", "sense": "colour", "word": 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"word": "фиоле́товый" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "sm", "lang": "Samoan", "sense": "colour", "word": "viole" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "stq", "lang": "Saterland Frisian", "sense": "colour", "word": "sangen" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "colour", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "purpar" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "colour", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "feminine" ], "word": "љубичаста" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "colour", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "feminine" ], "word": "пурпурна" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "colour", "tags": [ "Roman", "feminine" ], "word": "ljubičasta" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "colour", "tags": [ "Roman", 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"english": "reddish", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "colour", "word": "purpur" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "sv", "english": "violet", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "colour", "word": "violett" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "sv", "english": "kind of a faded purple", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "colour", "tags": [ "archaic" ], "word": "gredelin" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "colour", "word": "haban" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "colour", "word": "lila" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "ta", "lang": "Tamil", "roman": "ūtā", "sense": "colour", "word": "ஊதா" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "tt", "lang": "Tatar", "roman": "şämäxä", "sense": "colour", "word": "шәмәхә" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "lēta erupu raṅgu", "sense": "colour", "word": "లేత ఎరుపు రంగు" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "th", "lang": "Thai", "roman": "sǐi-mûuang", "sense": "colour", "word": "สีม่วง" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "tpi", "lang": "Tok Pisin", "sense": "colour", "word": "hap ret" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "colour", "word": "mor" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "tr", "english": "purple-coloured", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "colour", "word": "erguvani" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "colour", "word": "benewşe" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "tk", "lang": "Turkmen", "sense": "colour", "word": "melewşe" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "fioletovyj", "sense": "colour", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "фіолетовий" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "colour", "word": "qirmizi" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "colour", "word": "tía" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "colour", "word": "porffor" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "colour", "word": "piws" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "colour", "word": "glasgoch" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "fy", "lang": "West Frisian", "sense": "colour", "word": "pears" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "lila", "sense": "colour", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "לילאַ" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "perpeln", "sense": "colour", "word": "פּערפּעלן" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "purpur", "sense": "colour", "word": "פּורפּור" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "yo", "lang": "Yoruba", "sense": "colour", "word": "àwo elésè àlùkò" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "esu", "lang": "Yup'ik", "sense": "colour", "word": "pelicqiq" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "colour", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "mor f more (diq)" }, { "_dis1": "32 30 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "zu", "lang": "Zulu", "sense": "colour", "word": "okusabukhwebezane" }, { "_dis1": "8 10 4 1 21 5 15 11 4 1 3 19", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "mollusk", "word": "purppurakotilo" }, { "_dis1": "8 10 4 1 21 5 15 11 4 1 3 19", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "porfýra", "sense": "mollusk", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "πορφύρα" }, { "_dis1": "8 10 4 1 21 5 15 11 4 1 3 19", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "bagrjánka", "sense": "mollusk", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "багря́нка" } ], "wikipedia": [ "purple" ], "word": "purple" } { "antonyms": [ { "sense": "antonym(s) of \"having purple as its colour\"", "word": "nonpurple" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "purple" }, "expansion": "Middle English purple", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "purpel" }, "expansion": "purpel", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "purpul", "pos": "adjective", "t": "purple" }, "expansion": "Old English purpul (“purple”, adjective)", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "purpure", "pos": "noun", "t": "purple colour" }, "expansion": "Old English purpure (“purple colour”, noun)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "la", "3": "purpura", "t": "purple dye, shellfish" }, "expansion": "Latin purpura (“purple dye, shellfish”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "grc", "3": "πορφύρα", "t": "purple fish" }, "expansion": "Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra, “purple fish”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "sem", "3": "-" }, "expansion": "Semitic", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "purpura", "3": "purpure" }, "expansion": "Doublet of purpura and purpure", "name": "dbt" } ], "etymology_text": "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. 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"word": "მოვარდისფრო-მოიისფრო" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "colour", "word": "purpurn" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "colour", "word": "purpurrot" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "porfyrós", "sense": "colour", "word": "πορφυρός" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "violetís", "sense": "colour", "word": "βιολετής" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "mov", "sense": "colour", "word": "μοβ" }, { "code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "colour", "word": "mov" }, { "code": "ht", "lang": "Haitian Creole", "sense": "colour", "word": "vyolèt" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "sagól", "sense": "colour", "word": "סָגֹל" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "baiṅgnī", "sense": "colour", "word": "बैंगनी" }, { "code": "hi", "lang": "Hindi", "roman": "baignī", "sense": "colour", "word": "बैगनी" }, { "code": "hop", "lang": "Hopi", "sense": "colour", "word": "tsorongpu" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": 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}, { "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "borasaegui", "sense": "colour", "word": "보라색의" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "colour", "word": "purpureus" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "colour", "word": "ostrīnus" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "colour", "word": "blatteus" }, { "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "colour", "word": "purpurs" }, { "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "colour", "word": "lillā" }, { "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "colour", "word": "violets" }, { "code": "lou", "lang": "Louisiana Creole French", "sense": "colour", "word": "vyolé" }, { "code": "lou", "lang": "Louisiana Creole French", "sense": "colour", "word": "vyolèt" }, { "code": "lou", "lang": "Louisiana Creole French", "sense": "colour", "word": "lila" }, { "code": "lb", "lang": "Luxembourgish", "sense": "colour", "word": "mof" }, { "code": "ms", "lang": "Malay", "sense": "colour", "word": "ungu" }, { "code": "mnc", "lang": "Manchu", 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"purple-crested turaco" }, { "taxonomic": "Heliothryx barroti", "word": "purple-crowned fairy" }, { "word": "purple-crowned fairywren" }, { "taxonomic": "Malurus coronatus", "word": "purple-crowned fairy-wren" }, { "word": "purple death" }, { "word": "purple dye murex" }, { "word": "purple emperor" }, { "word": "purple everlasting" }, { "taxonomic": "Haemorhous purpureus", "word": "purple finch" }, { "word": "purple-fish" }, { "taxonomic": "Porphyrio porphyrio", "word": "purple gallinule" }, { "taxonomic": "Lichenostomus cratitius", "word": "purple-gaped honeyeater" }, { "word": "purple gas" }, { "taxonomic": "Lamprotornis purpureus", "word": "purple glossy starling" }, { "word": "purple gold" }, { "word": "purple grackle" }, { "word": "purple guava" }, { "word": "purple hairstreak" }, { "taxonomic": "Hylopsar purpureiceps", "word": "purple-headed starling" }, { "word": "purple-headed yogurt slinger" }, { "word": "purple heart" }, { "word": "Purple Heart" }, { "english": "Peltogyne", "word": "purpleheart" }, { "word": "purple helmet" }, { "taxonomic": "Ardea purpurea", "word": "purple heron" }, { "taxonomic": "Cyanerpes caeruleus", "word": "purple honeycreeper" }, { "taxonomic": "Vidua purpurascens", "word": "purple indigobird" }, { "word": "purple ivory" }, { "word": "purple Jesus" }, { "word": "purple judge" }, { "taxonomic": "Prenanthes purpurea", "word": "purple lettuce" }, { "taxonomic": "Lythrum salicaria", "word": "purple loosestrife" }, { "word": "Purpleman" }, { "word": "purple marshlocks" }, { "taxonomic": "Progne subis", "word": "purple martin" }, { "word": "purple milkweed" }, { "taxonomic": "Lorius domicella", "word": "purple-naped lory" }, { "taxonomic": "Hypogramma hypogrammicum", "word": "purple-naped sunbird" }, { "word": "purple nasty" }, { "taxonomic": "Hirundapus celebensis", "word": "purple needletail" }, { "word": "purple noise" }, { "word": "purple notice" }, { "word": "purple nurple" }, { "word": "purple of Cassius" }, { "word": "purple of 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"word": "purple teamer" }, { "word": "purple three-awn grass" }, { "taxonomic": "Eulampis jugularis", "word": "purple-throated carib" }, { "taxonomic": "Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema", "word": "purple-throated cotinga" }, { "taxonomic": "Campephaga quiscalina", "word": "purple-throated cuckooshrike" }, { "taxonomic": "Querula purpurata", "word": "purple-throated fruitcrow" }, { "taxonomic": "Lampornis calolaemus", "word": "purple-throated mountaingem" }, { "taxonomic": "Heliangelus viola", "word": "purple-throated sunangel" }, { "taxonomic": "Leptocoma sperata", "word": "purple-throated sunbird" }, { "taxonomic": "Calliphlox mitchellii", "word": "purple-throated woodstar" }, { "word": "purple tooth" }, { "word": "purple triangle" }, { "word": "purple urine bag syndrome" }, { "word": "purple velvet plant" }, { "word": "purple vetch" }, { "taxonomic": "Claravis geoffroyi", "word": "purple-winged ground dove" }, { "taxonomic": "Coracias temminckii", "word": "purple-winged roller" }, { "word": "purple yam" }, { "word": "purple zone" }, { "word": "purpureal" }, { "word": "raise to the purple" }, { "word": "Rebecca purple" }, { "word": "red-spotted purple" }, { "word": "regal purple" }, { "word": "retinal purple" }, { "word": "royal purple" }, { "word": "Schoenfeld's purple" }, { "word": "slate purple" }, { "word": "Tyrian purple" }, { "taxonomic": "Boissonneaua jardini", "word": "velvet-purple coronet" }, { "word": "vision purple" }, { "word": "visual purple" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "purple" }, "expansion": "Middle English purple", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "purpel" }, "expansion": "purpel", "name": "m" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "purpul", "pos": "adjective", "t": "purple" }, "expansion": "Old English purpul (“purple”, adjective)", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "purpure", "pos": "noun", "t": "purple colour" }, "expansion": "Old English purpure (“purple colour”, noun)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "la", "3": "purpura", "t": "purple dye, shellfish" }, "expansion": "Latin purpura (“purple dye, shellfish”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "grc", "3": "πορφύρα", "t": "purple fish" }, "expansion": "Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra, “purple fish”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "sem", "3": "-" }, "expansion": "Semitic", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "purpura", "3": "purpure" }, "expansion": "Doublet of purpura and purpure", "name": "dbt" } ], "etymology_text": "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. 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