Definitions for purpure

purpure pur·pure

Spelling: [pur-pyoo r]
IPA: /ˈpɜr pyʊər/

Purpure is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 42 anagrams from letters in purpure (epprruu).

Definitions for purpure

noun

  1. the tincture or color purple.

adjective

  1. of the tincture or color purple.

Origin of purpure

before 900; Middle English, Old English Latin purpura purple

Examples for purpure

For purpure:—mix carmine and French blue, with a little gum: shade with a darker tint of the same.

Except Truth be delicately clothed in purpure, her written verytees can scant find a reader.

The exact tint of murrey is between gules and purpure; and tenn is an orange-tawny colour.

Again, ‘purpure, a wolf argent’ would mean “a wrangler with a peaceable disposition!!”

Word Value for purpure
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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