PURPURE

Definition: PURPURE

PURPURE

Noun

1. Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base).

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Purpure \Pur"pure\, noun. [Latin expression purpura purple. See Purple.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definition: PURPURE

Domain	Definition
Literature	Purpure [purple]. One of the colours of an heraldic escutcheon. It is expressed by vertical lines running down towards the left hand (as you look at the shield lying before you); "Vert" runs the contrary way. English heralds vary escutcheons by seven colours; foreign heralds by nine. (See Heralds.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: PURPURE

Specialty definitions using "PURPURE": Planets. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PURPURE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
idiopathic purpure thrombocytopenic	2
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Modern Translation: PURPURE

Language		Translations for "PURPURE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Spanish		púrpura (purple, purpura, scarlet). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: PURPURE

Derivations
	Words beginning with "PURPURE": purpures. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: PURPURE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-p-p-r-r-u-u"
	-2 letters: purer, upper.
	-3 letters: perp, prep, pure, purr, repp, ruer.
	-4 letters: err, pep, per, pup, pur, rep, rue.
	-5 letters: er, pe, re, up.
	Words containing the letters "e-p-p-r-r-u-u"
	+1 letter: purpures.
	+3 letters: puerperium, supergroup.
	+4 letters: supergroups.
	+5 letters: superpremium, unprosperous.
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