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pulex
Latin · ancient
"a flea"
a flea, describing a brownish-purple color like a flea's body
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puce
French · 1700s
"a brownish-purple color"
settled in French for the flea-brown color, said to have been Marie Antoinette's favorite
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puce
English · 1787
"a dark brownish-purple color"
adopted directly for the dark brownish-purple color
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