Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

purpuric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables: pur-puric
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to or affected with purpura (skin discoloration from blood inside it).

adj

Purple or purplish (of spots which appear on the skin; regardless of their cause); Synonym of purpureal.

Archaic

adj

purple in colour; derived from or forming a substance which is purple; especially

adj

purple in colour; derived from or forming a substance which is purple; especially:

Example Sentences

"After 1–14 days, skin eruption occurs abruptly, consisting of symmetrical purpuric macules which progress to blisters and areas of epidermal necrosis..."
"purpuric acid"
"a purpuric salt"

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.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: purpura, πορφύρα

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more purpuric (comparative) most purpuric (superlative)

Phrases

papular purpuric gloves and socks syndrome purpuric acid

Synonyms

purpurous purpural

Questions

What does purpuric mean?: Pertaining to or affected with purpura (skin discoloration from blood inside it).
Where does purpuric come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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