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purplescent

purplescent adjective: tending toward a purple colour; purplish.

Adjective

purplescent (comparative more purplescent, superlative most purplescent)

  1. Tending toward a purple colour; purplish.

Forms of purplescent

comparativemore purplescent
superlativemost purplescent

Origin of purplescent

From purple + -escent.

Questions about purplescent

What does purplescent mean?
Purplescent means tending toward a purple colour; purplish.
What part of speech is purplescent?
Purplescent is an adjective.

Words near purplescent in the dictionary

  1. purpleness
  2. purplepiller
  3. purplepillers
  4. purpler
  5. purples
  6. purplescent
  7. purplesome
  8. purplespotted
  9. purplest
  10. purpletop
  11. purpletop vervain

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