purple

A purple color or pigment.

(in ancient Rome) position of imperial status.

“he was born to the purple”

(Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal; so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes.

Of a color intermediate between red and blue.

Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.

“purple tyrant”

Excessively elaborate or showily expressed.

“a writer of empurpled literature”

“many purple passages”

Color purple.

Become purple.