purpure

pur·pure

[pur-pyoor] Heraldry.
noun
1.
the tincture or color purple.
adjective
2.
of the tincture or color purple.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English < Latin purpura purple

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purpure (ˈpɜːpjʊə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n, —adj
(usually postpositive) heraldry purple
 
[Old English from Latin purpurapurple]

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Purpure is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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