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Purple __ Excessively Ornate Writing

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noun

• ordinary writing as distinguished from verse

• matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression

32%9 Engaged in excessively ornate style of writing
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24%10Excessively ornate or embellished appearance
noun

• extravagant elaborateness

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