| 词汇 | purple prose |
| 词源 | purple prose. This term for ornate, exaggerated writing has a long history. The Roman poet Horace said that all purple patches (purpureus pannus) should be deleted from literary works and put away for eight years before being reedited and published—for they could never again be recalled. |
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