purpre
English
Etymology
Compare French pourpre (“purple”).
Noun
purpre (uncountable)
- (obsolete) purple
Adjective
purpre (comparative more purpre, superlative most purpre)
- (obsolete) purple
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for purpre in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Middle English
Adjective
purpre
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