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Meanings of purplish in English

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Of a color intermediate between red and blue.

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Examples for "purple"
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Weeks into the new year, I'd have a purple bruise dated 1884.
Rant: an oral biography of buster casey
2
Two great chairs of state with purple cushions had been set there.
Sovereign
3
It was particularly strong today, the billows and eddies tinged deep purple.
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
4
The idyllic is out of place in the race for the purple.
The Emperor — Volume 02
5
Far in the distance mountains rose in a blue and purple haze.
The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy / A Book for Young a...
1
The sea was a deep violet, all the way to the strand.
The Irish Times
2
Still the unbroken walls, the feeble patches of violet in the ceiling.
Star Born
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The sky from a dull blue deepens into violet in the west.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
4
And the sinister laughter of the pair floated across the violet water.
For the Term of His Natural Life
5
I remember the day I first I saw a dog's tooth violet.
The Guardian
Usage of purplish in English
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Bud conical; scales green towards their tips, and purplish-red at their base.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America / Containing Full Des...
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Skin below ground purplish-rose; brownish-red where exposed to the air and light.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America / Containing Full Des...
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A purplish flush had appeared in the lower part of his cheeks.
Three Soldiers
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In the sky, splinters of mauve tore at curtains of purplish flame.
Hunters Out of Space
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The lowest bed visible in this section, is a purplish hard sandstone.
Coral Reefs; Volcanic Islands; South American Geology — Complete
6
The ash in autumn is not deep crimsoned, but a purplish brown.
The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
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The sun has set behind the purplish humps of the Ontarian hills.
Grand junction
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The local leader had a purplish, S-shaped lesion under his left eye.
Mentats of Dune
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Leaves rather numerous, of medium size, erect, deep purplish-red; the leaf-stems blood-red.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America / Containing Full Des...
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A fine moisture started out on the purplish brow of Mr. Blithers.
The Prince of Graustark
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The assay will soon be enveloped by a blue or purplish flame.
A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe / B...
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Off to the left, the sky was luminescent purplish, washed of stars.
Anathem
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Flowers usually bright red or purplish-coloured, and placed on long pendulous footstalks.
Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs
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Lady Caroline's neck was suffused to a purplish red behind the ears.
Lady Good-for-Nothing: A Man's Portrait of a Woman
15
When he got to Jackson Square, the sky was turning a purplish-gray.
Sins of the Fathers
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She was being escorted by a group of tall, thin purplish-green creatures.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
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