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EMPURPLED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Excessively elaborate or showily expressed
Example:
an over-embellished story of the fish that got away
Synonyms:
empurpled; over-embellished; purple
Classified under:
Similar:
rhetorical (given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought)