# purple heart

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The drug phenobarbitone when taken recreationally.
2. A drinamyl tablet when taken recreationally, popular in the 1960s.

## Etymology
From the color of the pills.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/purple-heart