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- DictionaryPur·ple prose/ˈpərpəl prōz/
noun
- 1. prose that is too elaborate or ornate.
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Text so ornate that it breaks the flow and draws attention to itself
In literary criticism, purple prose is overly ornate prose text that may disrupt a narrative flow by drawing undesirable attention to its own extravagant style of writing, thereby diminishing the appreciation of the prose overall. Purple prose is characterized by the excessive use of adjectives, adverbs, and metaphors. When it is limited to certain passages, they may be termed purple patches or pu... Wikipedia