Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Violet (-s)
violet (-s), n. [OFr < L. diminutive of viola, violet.] (webplay: flower, many).
- Viola; small blue-purple flower; plant from the genus Viola with lavender, mauve, or white blossoms.
- Blue-purple color; [metonymy] rainbow; the chromatic scale; colors in the bandwidth of infracted light.
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