purple vs solid

purple

adj
  • Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue. 

  • Completed in the fastest time so far in a given session. 

  • Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose. 

  • Mixed between social democrats and liberals. 

  • Imperial; regal. 

  • Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support. 

  • Blood-red; bloody. 

verb
  • To clothe in purple. 

  • To dye purple. 

  • To turn purple in colour. 

noun
  • Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis). 

  • Purpura. 

  • The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana. 

  • Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk. 

  • Earcockle, a disease of wheat. 

  • A cardinalate. 

  • A color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta. 

  • Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red. 

  • Cloth, or a garment, dyed a purple colour; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple robe or mantle worn by Ancient Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity. 

  • Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings. 

solid

adj
  • Of a single color throughout. 

  • Financially well off; wealthy. 

  • Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed. 

  • Strong or unyielding. 

  • Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious. 

  • That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma. 

  • Hearty; filling. 

  • Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens. 

  • Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials. 

  • Large in size, quantity, or value. 

  • Measured as a single solid, as the volumes of individual pieces added together without any gaps. 

  • Excellent, of high quality, or reliable. 

  • Sound; not weak. 

  • United; without division; unanimous. 

noun
  • An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout. 

  • Food which is not liquid-based. 

  • A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas). 

  • A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve). 

  • A favor. 

adv
  • Solidly. 

  • Without spaces or hyphens. 

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