purpel

Middle English

Alternative forms

• (noun): purple, purpul(le), pourpul, purpalle, porpel
• (adjective): purple, purpul(le), porpil(le), porpul, purpre

Etymology

From Old English purpel, purpul, from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpurpəl/, /ˈpurpul/

Noun

purpel (uncountable)

1. purple fabric, especially an article of clothing
2. purple, violet, crimson (colour)
3. (heraldry) purple as a tincture
4. (medicine, rare) A purple wound or sore.

Descendants

• English: purple
• Scots: purpill, purple

References

• “purpel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Adjective

purpel

1. purple-coloured
2. Dyed using a purple dye or pigment
3. (heraldry) Of purple as a tincture

Descendants

• English: purple
• Scots: purpill, purple

References

• “purpel, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)

whit	grey, hor	blak
red; cremesyn, gernet	citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne	yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
grasgrene	grene
plunket; ewage	asure, livid	blewe, blo, pers
violet; inde	rose, murrey; purpel, purpur	claret