English Explanatory Dictionary

purple heart

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The drug phenobarbitone when taken recreationally.
  2. A drinamyl tablet when taken recreationally, popular in the 1960s.
noun
  1. A US military decoration awarded in the name of the President of the United States to those wounded or killed while serving on or after 5 April 1917.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-purple heart.wav

Word forms

purple heart purple hearts

Etymology

From the color of the pills.

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