empurpled
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em·pur·ple
(ĕm-pûr′pəl)tr. & intr.v. em·pur·pled, em·pur·pling, em·pur·ples
To make or become purple.
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Adj. 1. empurpled - excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"
rhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery"
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