| ADJECTIVE | all | empurpled, over-embellished, purple | excessively elaborate or showily expressed |
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| Meaning | excessively elaborate or showily expressed. | |
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| Example | "a writer of empurpled literature" | |
| Synonyms | over-embellished, purple | |
| Broader | rhetorical | Given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought |
| Catalan | florit | |