English Explanatory Dictionary

purpurescent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Somewhat purple; tinged with purple.

Word forms

purpurescent more purpurescent most purpurescent purpurascent

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin purpurascēns (“becoming purple, somewhat purple”), from purpura (“purple”) + -scō (inchoative suffix). Equivalent to purpure + -escent. Doublet of purplescent.

Synonyms

purpurish purplescent purplish purply
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