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blurple

noun
/ˈblɜː(ɹ).pəl/UK/ˈblɝ.pəl/US

Etymology

Blend of blue + purple.

  1. derived from πορφύρα — “purple-fish”
  2. derived from purpura — “purple dye, shellfish”
  3. derived from purpure — “purple colour”
  4. inherited from purpul — “purple”
  5. inherited from purple
  6. compounded as blurple — “blue + purple”

Definitions

  1. A bluish-purple colour that is more blue than violet.

  2. Of this colour.

    • “We were trying to find a blurple shirt,” Dakota said. She picked up a periwinkle shirt.
    • I’m never without … a “blurple” accessory.
    • Big and Blurple

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for blurple. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA