Etymology

violaceous

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Today it means: Violet-colored. Full definition →

Latin violāceus
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  1. Latin · derived fromviolāceus“violet-coloured”
  2. English todayviolaceous

From Latin violāceus (“violet-coloured”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.