violet - Definition from the COLOURS topic - COLOURS AND SOUNDS

Topic: COLOURS

Date:	1300-1400
Language:	Old French
Origin:	violete, from viole 'violet', from Latin viola

violet
noun

vi‧o‧let

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1HBP [countable] a plant with small dark purple flowers, or sometimes white or yellow ones

2 [uncountable]CC a bluish-purple colour

—violet adjective:

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beautiful violet eyes

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