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Purple prose

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Extravagant or flowery writing, especially in a literary work. uncountable

    "Swinburne is often a very discerning critic in spite of his penchant for purple prose."

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Derived from a reference by the Roman poet Horace.

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