Purpura (noun)
pur-pu-ra
A rash of purple spots on the skin caused by internal bleeding from small blood vessels.
Mid 18th century: from Latin, from Greek porphura ‘purple’.
Example sentences
“It took until the purpura appeared before they realised it was blood poisoning”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)