purpurous

Adjective

purpurous (comparative more purpurous, superlative most purpurous)

1. (archaic) Purple.
   • Ebrus – the most beautiful of the rivers – / which in Thrace flowest with a strong sound, / along lands famous for their horses – / thou goest down silent to the purpurous sea near Ainos […]1979, Giorgio Marcuzzi, quoting Alcaeus of Mytilene, “Fresh Water Environments”, in European Ecosystems (Biogeographica; 15), The Hague; Boston, Mass.; London: Dr. W. Junk B.V., →DOI, →ISBN, page 666
2. (archaic) Of or relating to purpura: Synonym of purpuric.
   • The cavities of the pleuræ and pericardium were filled with a reddish serous effusion; but these membranes, with the exception of numerous points of purpurous effusion beneath them, were otherwise quite healthy. The purpurous spots were seen both under the pleura pulmonalis and costalis.1838 October 1, James Y[oung] Simpson, “Art VI.—Contributions to Intra-Uterine Pathology.—Part I. Notices of Cases of Peritonitis in the Fœtus in Utero.”, in James Watt Black, editor, The Edinburgh...
   • [Gabriel] Andral states that he was in attendance upon an old woman suffering from a cancerous affection of the stomach, and that, a fortnight before her death, numerous purpurous spots appeared upon the skin, and at the same time a notable quantity of blood escaped daily with her urine.1842, George Burrows, “Hæmorrhage from the Urinary Organs, or Hæmaturia”, in Alexander Tweedie, W[illiam] W[ood] Gerhard, editors, A System of Practical Medicine Comprised in a Series of Original...