Added 10 October 2026
purpuric
adjective
Latin root: purpura Wiktionary
adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about purpuric at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Pertaining to or affected with purpura (skin discoloration from blood inside it).
- Purple or purplish (of spots which appear on the skin; regardless of their cause); Synonym of purpureal.
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purple in colour; derived from or forming a substance which is purple; especially: Derived from or forming purpuric acid.
purpuric acid
Origin
From Latin purpura (“purple”), from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra). The medical sense is from the English purpura (“the appearance of purple discolorations on the skin”). By surface analysis, purpura + -ic.
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