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purplesome

purplesome adjective: characterised or marked by purple (colour).

Adjective

purplesome (comparative more purplesome, superlative most purplesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by purple (colour).
    • For my fantasy by some powerful
      Mysterious charm is drawn
      From thy statuesque pose and cowerful
      To Mythology's purplesome dawn!1878, Puck, volume 3, page 7
    • Here the Chrysanthemum,
      modest and true,
      Rivals the Rose's celestial blue,
      And the pale Peony's purplesome hue.1909, Harper's Weekly, volume 53, page 20

Forms of purplesome

comparativemore purplesome
superlativemost purplesome

Origin of purplesome

From purple + -some.

Questions about purplesome

What does purplesome mean?
Purplesome means characterised or marked by purple (colour).
What part of speech is purplesome?
Purplesome is an adjective.

Words near purplesome in the dictionary

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

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