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Definition of Purpler
1. purple [adj] - See also: purple
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purpler
Literary usage of Purpler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1853)
"... though he goes gobbling about among the groups with all his might, is diluted
and overwhelmed by numbers : he gets purpler and purpler in the face, ..."
2. Log-letters from "The Challenger" by George Campbell (1877)
"The sun goes down, the peak becomes bluer, the crimson sky, through shades of
pink, is quenched; purpler and purpler the peak and islands become, ..."
3. The triumphs of the Cross by John Mason Neale (1846)
"... its face grew purpler and purpler, till it became almost black: it foamed at
the mouth; and every now and then would utter such a scream of anguish, ..."
4. 'Hail and Farewell!' by George Moore (1914)
"And looking at Edward I imagined I could see him in the stalls near the stage,
turning round in terror, his face growing purpler and purpler. ..."
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