purplette

== English == === Etymology 1 === From purple +‎ -ette (diminutive suffix). ==== Noun ==== purplette (plural purplettes) A small specialty onion with burgundy skin. === Etymology 2 === From purple +‎ -ette (“a person, especially a woman, with the specified hair color”), after brunette. ==== Noun ==== purplette (plural purplettes) (chiefly fiction, rare) A purple-haired person, especially a woman.