purpureal

a. <诗>紫色的

发音

UK /pɜːˈpjʊə.ɹɪ.əl/
其它
US /pɝˈp(j)ʊ.ɹi.əl/

词形变化

more purpureal 比较级 most purpureal 最高级

别名

purpural

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of a purple colour.

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词源

From Latin purpureus (“purple, violet; brown, reddish; clothed in purple; (figurative) brilliant, shining; beautiful”) + English -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Purpureus is either derived: * from purpura (“the colour purple; purple-fish (Hexaplex trunculus)”) (from Ancient Greek πορφῠ́ρᾱ (porphŭ́rā, “purple-fish; purple dye obtained from it; purple-dyed cloth; purple stripe or other adornment of a garment”), from πορφύρω (porphúrō, “to redden”)) + -eus (suffix forming adjectives from nouns); or * from Ancient Greek πορφύρεος (porphúreos, “of a purple colour”), from πορφῠ́ρᾱ (porphŭ́rā) (see above) + -εος (-eos).

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