empurpled empurpled
Definition(s):
- (adj) excessively elaborate or showily expressed
Synonym(s)
Usage(s):
- As her cells took up the liquor, courage spouted through her veins, empurpled her falcon-face.
- But a false romanticism had filtered into the empurpled reports of Eastern journalists.
- Newspapers empurpled columns with the history, speculated as to papa, collected opinions from bigwigs and gumchewers.
Quotes
- As Joan Acocella wrote, "The ballet we know as 'Romeo and Juliet,' which had its first incarnation in 1938, is a thundering, romantic business.......... It is this empurpled quality, firmly supported by the Prokofiev score, which Martins has...on Apr 3, 2008 By: Joan Acocella Source: Christian Science Monitor
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