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♦ purple /ˈpɜ:pl/A a.2 di porpora; purpureo; porporino3 (fig.) regale; imperialeB n. [u]1 (color) viola: Purple is my favourite colour, il viola è il mio colore preferito; deep purple, viola scuro; to wear purple, vestire di viola; She was dressed in purple, era vestita di viola3 – the purple, la porpora regia; ( per estens.) la dignità regia; born to the purple, nato principe; di sangue reale4 – the purple, la porpora prelatizia; ( per estens.) la dignità cardinalizia, la porpora: to be raised to the purple, essere innalzato alla porpora● (zool.) purple emperor ( Apatura iris) apatura iris □ (zool.) purple gallinule ( Porphyrio porphyrio) pollo sultano; porfirione □ ( USA) Purple Heart, medaglia al valore ( per ferite riportate in guerra) □ (fam. ingl.) purple heart, compressa a base di amfetamina ( a forma di cuore) □ a purple passage, un brano dallo stile elaborato □ (fig.) a purple patch, un periodo felice (o molto fortunato); = purple passage ► sopra □ purple prose, prosa molto ornata; prosa elaborata.(to) purple /ˈpɜ:pl/A v. t.imporporare; tingere di porporaB v. i.imporporarsi.
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