PURPURIN Meaning of PURPURIN in English [ 'pə:pjʊrɪn ]■ noun Chemistry a red dye extracted from madder, also made by oxidizing alizarin.OriginC19: from L. purpura 'purple' + -in 1 . Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004