"purplish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more purplish [comparative], most purplish [superlative]
Etymology: From purple + -ish. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|purple|ish}} purple + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} purplish (comparative more purplish, superlative most purplish)
  1. Somewhat purple in colour/color. Categories (topical): Purples Synonyms: purply, purpuric, purplish Hypernyms: purple, tinted Hyponyms: livid, violetish Derived forms: purplishness Related terms: purpleness Translations (somewhat purple in colour/color): moradenc (Catalan), paarsig (Dutch), violâtre (French), violacé (French), aviñotado (Galician), brombeerfarben (German), סְגַלְגַּל (s'galgal) (Hebrew), lilás (Hungarian), scothchorcra (Irish), violastro (Italian), violaceo (Italian), fioletowawy (Polish), arroxeado, púrpureo (Portuguese), amoratado (Spanish), cárdeno (Spanish), purpúreo (Spanish), púrpura (Spanish), morumsu (Turkish), morumtırak (Turkish), porfforaidd (Welsh)

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    },
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      "form": "more purplish",
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        "Somewhat purple in colour/color."
      ],
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          "source": "Thesaurus:purplish",
          "word": "tinted"
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          "word": "livid"
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          "word": "purply"
        },
        {
          "word": "purpuric"
        },
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
          "word": "moradenc"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
          "word": "paarsig"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
          "word": "violâtre"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
          "word": "violacé"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
          "word": "aviñotado"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
          "word": "brombeerfarben"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "s'galgal",
          "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
          "word": "סְגַלְגַּל"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
          "word": "lilás"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
          "word": "scothchorcra"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
          "word": "violastro"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
          "word": "violaceo"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
          "word": "fioletowawy"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
          "word": "arroxeado, púrpureo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
          "word": "amoratado"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
          "word": "cárdeno"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
          "word": "purpúreo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
          "word": "púrpura"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
          "word": "morumsu"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
          "word": "morumtırak"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
          "word": "porfforaidd"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "purplish"
}
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      "word": "achromatic"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:purplish",
      "word": "colorless"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "purplishness"
    }
  ],
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  "etymology_text": "From purple + -ish.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more purplish",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most purplish",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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    {
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      "word": "purple"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:purplish",
      "word": "tinted"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:purplish",
      "word": "livid"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:purplish",
      "word": "violetish"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "word": "purpleness"
    }
  ],
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      "glosses": [
        "Somewhat purple in colour/color."
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "purply"
    },
    {
      "word": "purpuric"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:purplish",
      "word": "purplish"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
      "word": "moradenc"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
      "word": "paarsig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
      "word": "violâtre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
      "word": "violacé"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
      "word": "aviñotado"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
      "word": "brombeerfarben"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "s'galgal",
      "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
      "word": "סְגַלְגַּל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
      "word": "lilás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
      "word": "scothchorcra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
      "word": "violastro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
      "word": "violaceo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
      "word": "fioletowawy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
      "word": "arroxeado, púrpureo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
      "word": "amoratado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
      "word": "cárdeno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
      "word": "purpúreo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
      "word": "púrpura"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
      "word": "morumsu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
      "word": "morumtırak"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "somewhat purple in colour/color",
      "word": "porfforaidd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "purplish"
}

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