# purpuric

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Pertaining to or affected with purpura (skin discoloration from blood inside it).
2. Purple or purplish (of spots which appear on the skin; regardless of their cause); Synonym of purpureal.
3. purple in colour; derived from or forming a substance which is purple; especially
4. purple in colour; derived from or forming a substance which is purple; especially:

## Etymology
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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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