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puce

  [pyoos]
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–adjective
1. of a dark or brownish purple.
–noun
2. a dark or brownish purple.
Origin:
1780–90; < F: lit., flea < L pūlic-, s. 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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