ornate prose
Heavily decorated language
Ornate prose is writing marked by elaborate decoration—complex sentences, rich vocabulary, and abundant figurative language.
The style favors embellishment over simplicity: Victorian novelists often wrote in ornate prose that modern readers find exhausting.
The term can be neutral or mildly critical, suggesting the writing prioritizes beauty over clarity.
- floridExcessively ornate or ruddy
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
- purpleHue between crimson and azure
- lavishAbundant beyond necessity
elaborate · high style · flowery · gilded · gilded age · verbose · lush · overwrought · rococo · grandiose · opulent · decorative · filigreed · sumptuous · extravagant · over the top · rhetorical · velvet
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ornate proseminimalism
Aesthetic of reduction
less is more · restraint · simplicity · spareness · plainness
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