purpel

Middle English

Alternative forms

(noun): purple, purpul (le), pourpul, purpalle, porpel
(adjective): purple, purpul (le), porpil (le), porpul, purpre

Etymology

From Old English purpel, purpul, from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpurpəl/, /ˈpurpul/

Noun

purpel (uncountable)

purple fabric, especially an article of clothing
purple, violet, crimson (colour)
(heraldry) purple as a tincture
(medicine, rare) A purple wound or sore.

Descendants

English: purple
Scots: purpill, purple

References

“purpel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Adjective

purpel

purple-coloured
Dyed using a purple dye or pigment
(heraldry) Of purple as a tincture

Descendants

English: purple
Scots: purpill, purple

References

“purpel, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
whit	grey, hor	blak
red; cremesyn, gernet	citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne	yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
grasgrene	grene
plunket; ewage	asure, livid	blewe, blo, pers
violet; inde	rose, murrey; purpel, purpur	claret

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