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PURPLE PASSAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does purple passage mean? 

PURPLE PASSAGE (noun)
  The noun PURPLE PASSAGE has 1 sense:

1. a passage full of ornate and flowery languageplay

  Familiarity information: PURPLE PASSAGE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PURPLE PASSAGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A passage full of ornate and flowery language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("purple passage" is a kind of...):

passage (a section of text; particularly a section of medium length)


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