English
Pronunciation
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Verb form
empurpled
- past of|empurple
Adjective
empurpled
- made purple, especially having a purple complexion because of rage etc.
#*2004. "Intended as ironic, this remark empurpled the anti-anti-Communists who predominated on the intellectual left." —Christopher Hitchens. "Susan Sontag: Remembering an intellectual heroine." 1
- context|of a text over-embellished or flowery
See also
purple prose
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