purpling
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- noun
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púrpura
- The purpling colors of the flowers added a vibrant touch to the garden.
- purpling sky
Examples
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As autumn approached, the leaves began the purpling process before falling.
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"She looks out at the purpling sky and says, expansively, 'Tomorrow morning, at the very latest, without ever showing your face again.'"
Fiction book (2000) -
"I see," said her father, who of course did not, although he squinted off toward the purpling hills as if in contemplation.
Fiction book (1998) -
Bernie can just see the crescent of purpling spots in the flesh of her palm.
Fiction book (1999) -
She bent to pick it up, curious, and saw the glint of bone and the purpling flesh still in it.
Fiction book (1990) -
"She waved at the marshy fields beyond his window, the lush green purpling with loose strife."
Fiction book (1994) -
A purpling twilight bathed the shadows cast by the towering trees that graced the lawn of Seven Oaks.
Fiction book (1994) -
The purpling of the sky at sunset created a beautiful scene.
Synonyms
A color between red and blue like grapes and eggplant
How Purple
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Purpling comes from purple plus the ending -ing, and purple originally meant a special dye color made from a sea snail. A helpful way to remember is to think of cloth slowly getting that deep color, so purpling is the 'process or result of becoming purple'.