a term used to describe literature where the writing is unnecessarily
flowery. it means that the writer described the situation (or wrote the entire book, passage, etc) using words that are too
extravagant for the type of text, or any text at all. basically, over-describing something. with
stupid words.
normal writing:
she lay on her bed dreaming.
purple prose:
she lay upon her
silken sheets in her ornately
embellished robes of satin, her chest ascending and descending easily with every passing second, deep inside the caverns of her
subconscious mind.