คำว่า ' purple ' ( N )
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คำนิยามในภาษาอังกฤษ (definition) :
[n.] A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.
[n.] 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.
[n.] Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth.
[n.] A cardinalate. See Cardinal.
[n.] Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) as, the banded purple (B. arthemis). See Illust. under Ursula.
[n.] Any shell of the genus Purpura.
[n.] See Purpura.
[n.] A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.
[a.] 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.
[a.] Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority.
[a.] Blood-red; bloody.
[v. t.] To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood.