n. a brownish-purple color. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, deep red to dark grayish purple.
adj. Of a brownish-purple color. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, deep red to dark grayish purple.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of a dark brown or brownish purple color.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Purple-brown; reddish-brown; of a flea-color.
n. A purple-brown or reddish-brown color.
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n. a color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red
Word Usage
"We should all be grateful for our honest friends; the ones who tell us hard truths, like that we have something stuck in our teeth and that puce is not a color anyone should wear."