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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class III. Words Relating to Matter
Section III. Organic Matter
2. Sensation
Complementary Colors

437. Purple.

   NOUN:PURPLE &c. adj.; blue and red, bishop’s purple; gridelin, amethyst; damson, heliotrope; purpure [her.].
  LIVIDNESS, lividity.
   VERB:RENDER PURPLE &c. adj.; purple, empurple.
   ADJECTIVE:PURPLE, violet, plum-colored, lavender, lilac, puce, mauve, purplish, purpurate [archaic], violaceous, hyacinthine, amethystine, magenta, solferino, heliotrope; livid.