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blurple en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈblɝpəl/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈblɜːpəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Blend of blue + purple.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Of this colour.
    • “We were trying to find a blurple shirt,” Dakota said. She picked up a periwinkle shirt. 2001 October, Tracie Howard, Danita Carter, chapter 18, in Revenge Is Best Served Cold, New York, N.Y.: New American Library, →ISBN, page 114:
    • Big and Blurple 2020 December 19, Ron Lieber, “An Oral History of the World’s Biggest Coupon”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2020:
    • I’m never without … a “blurple” accessory. 2014 August 20, “Student Bodies”, in Monster High Collection, New York, N.Y.: Parragon Books, →ISBN, page 14:

Forms

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more blurple Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most blurple Degree=Sup lexicographic

Relateds

grellow

blurple en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈblɝpəl/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈblɜːpəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Blend of blue + purple.

Meanings

  1. (countable, informal, uncountable) A bluish-purple colour that is more blue than violet.

Forms

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blurples Number=Plur lexicographic