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adjective
1.
of a dark or brownish purple.
noun
2.
a dark or brownish purple.
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Puce
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Origin:
1780–90; < French: literally, flea < Latin pūlic-, stem of pūlex
1780–90; < French: literally, flea < Latin pūlic-, stem of pūlex
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Word Origin & History
puce
1787, from Fr. puce "flea," from L. pucilem (nom. pulex) "flea," cognate with Skt. plusih, Gk. psylla, O.C.S. blucha, Lith. blusa, Arm. lu "flea." It is the color of a flea.
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