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purple prose
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idiomatic
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文学作品などにおける、過剰に装飾的で誇張された文章表現 / 冗漫で華美な語り口や、余分な美辞麗句を用いる文体
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(idiomatic) Extravagant or flowery writing, especially in a literary work.
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purple prose
The critic dismissed the novel's purple prose as a distraction from the plot.
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The critic dismissed the novel's purple prose as a distraction from the plot.
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