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DictionarySeepurple passagepurple prose
purple proseWriting that is full of flowery or excessively elaborate language. My early romance novels were nothing but purple prose—very embarrassing to read now.See also: purplepurple proseExceedingly florid, oversentimental writing. This term began life as purple patches in the Latin poet Horace’s De Arte Poetica (ca. 20 b.c.): “Often on a work of grave purpose and high promise is tacked a purple patch or two to give an effect of color.”See also: purple |