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Vi⋅o⋅let

  [vahy-uh-lit]
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–noun
a female given name.
Also, Vi⋅o⋅lette  [vahy-uh-let, vahy-uh-lit] , Vi⋅o⋅let⋅ta  [vahy-uh-let-uh] .
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Word Origin & History

violet 
c.1330, small plant with purplish-blue flowers, from O.Fr. violette, dim. of viole "violet," from L. viola, cognate with Gk. ion (see iodine), probably from a pre-I.E. Mediterranean language. The color sense (1370) developed from the flower.
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Medical Dictionary

violet vi·o·let (vī'ə-lĭt)
n.

  1. The hue of the short-wave end of the visible spectrum, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 380 to 420 nanometers.

  2. Any of a group of colors, reddish-blue in hue, that may vary in lightness and saturation.

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