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What (who) is violet - definition
LIST OF THINGS CALLED VIOLET
Violet LP; Violet (Character); Violet Single; Violet (disambiguation); Violet (film); Violet (album); Violet (song)
Violet
·noun Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined.
II. Violet ·noun In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color.
III. Violet ·noun Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycaena, or Rusticus, and allied genera.
IV. Violet ·noun The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the spectrum.
V. Violet ·noun Any plant or flower of the genus Viola, of many species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants, and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the pansy (Viola tricolor).
violet
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1. a small plant typically with purple, blue, or white five-petalled flowers. [Many species in the genus Viola, family Violaceae.]
used in names of unrelated plants with similar flowers, e.g. African violet.
2. a bluish-purple colour seen at the end of the spectrum opposite red.
Origin
ME: from OFr. violette, dimin. of viole, from L. viola 'violet'.
violet
(violets)
1.
A violet is a small plant that has purple or white flowers in the spring.
N-COUNT
2.
Something that is violet is a bluish-purple colour.
The light was beginning to drain from a violet sky.
COLOUR
3.
If you say that someone is no shrinking violet, you mean that they are not at all shy.
When it comes to expressing himself he is no shrinking violet...
PHRASE: usu with brd-neg, N inflects, v-link PHR
Examples of use of violet
1. "Charlie leans in for a kiss and Violet responds.
2. Cheating Charlie÷ Violet falls for Rovers‘ Romeo Coronation Street fans are in for a shock when Charlie does the dirty by seducing barmaid Violet.
3. Violet hasnt put her Christmas decorations up, he said, disappointed.
4. Before leaving for Burma, Oxbury met Violet Bennetts.
5. Andy, like the deputy prime minister, is no shrinking violet.