| 单词 | purple prose |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspurple prose purple prose n. overly ornate or fussy prose; cf. purple passage n. ΚΠ 1901 North Adams (Mass.) Evening Transcript 27 Feb. It is probably in the wine and egg period that he composes accounts of Nero banquets and other purple prose matter. 1952 N. Straus Two Thirds of Nation iv. 77 He sees advertisements describing new houses for sale... Glowing adjectives and purple prose embellish the descriptions. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Dec. 29/1 A good editor would have..written rude comments in the margins near the frequent passages of purple prose. < as lemmas |
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