Complete Definition of "empurpled"

English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-empurpled.ogg|Audio (US)

Verb form
empurpled

  1. past of|empurple

Adjective
empurpled

  1. 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

  1. context|of a text over-embellished or flowery

See also
purple prose

te:empurpled

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