blurple

Blend of blue +‎ purple.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈblɜː(ɹ).pəl/, [ˈbləː.pl̩]

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈblɝ.pəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)pəl

blurple (countable and uncountable, plural blurples)

1. (informal) A bluish-purple colour that is more blue than violet.

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blurple (comparative more blurple, superlative most blurple)

1. (informal) Of this colour.
   • 2001 October, Tracie Howard, Danita Carter, chapter 18, in Revenge Is Best Served Cold, New York, N.Y.: New American Library, →ISBN, page 114:

     “We were trying to find a blurple shirt,” Dakota said. She picked up a periwinkle shirt.

   • 2014 August 20, “Student Bodies”, in Monster High Collection, New York, N.Y.: Parragon Books, →ISBN, page 14:

     I’m never without … a “blurple” accessory.

   • 2020 December 19, Ron Lieber, “An Oral History of the World’s Biggest Coupon”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 December 2020:

     Big and Blurple