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purpurate

purpurate adjective: of a purple colour.

Adjective

purpurate (comparative more purpurate, superlative most purpurate)

  1. Of a purple colour.

Noun

purpurate (plural purpurates)

  1. A salt of purpuric acid.

Forms of purpurate

Adjective
comparativemore purpurate
superlativemost purpurate
Noun
pluralpurpurates

Origin of purpurate

From Latin purpura (“the color purple”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

From purpuric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Questions about purpurate

What does purpurate mean?
Purpurate means of a purple colour.
What part of speech is purpurate?
Purpurate can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near purpurate in the dictionary

  1. purpuraceous
  2. purpural
  3. purpuras
  4. purpuras rheumatica
  5. purpurascent
  6. purpurate
  7. purpurated
  8. purpurates
  9. purpure
  10. purpureagitoside
  11. purpureaglycoside

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