blurple

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UK/ˈblɜːpəl/US/ˈblɝpəl/

noun

A bluish-purple colour that is more blue than violet.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nounblurple (countable and uncountable, plural blurples)

plural blurples

  1. countableinformaluncountableA bluish-purple colour that is more blue than violet.
adjectiveblurple (comparative more blurple, superlative most blurple)

comparative more blurple · superlative most blurple

  1. informalOf this colour.

    Big and Blurple

    2020 December 19, Ron Lieber, “An Oral History of the World’s Biggest Coupon”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2020
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    “We were trying to find a blurple shirt,” Dakota said. She picked up a periwinkle shirt.

    2001 October, Tracie Howard, Danita Carter, chapter 18, in Revenge Is Best Served Cold, New York, N.Y.: New American Library, →ISBN, page 114

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

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

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APA

blurple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blurple

MLA

“blurple.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blurple. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blurple,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blurple.

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