Term: purple passage: a passage full of ornate and flowery language
Candidate hypernym: passage: a section of text; particularly a section of medium length → 1
Candidate hypernym: sensationalism: subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes → 0
Candidate hypernym: spasm: a painful and involuntary muscular contraction → 0
Candidate hypernym: symphony: a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra → 0
Candidate hypernym: expectoration: the process of coughing up and spitting out → 0
Candidate hypernym: naegele's rule: rule for calculating an expected delivery date; subtract three months from the first day of the last menstrual period and add seven days to that date → 0
Candidate hypernym: scindapsus: evergreen climbers with adhesive adventitious roots; southeastern Asia and Brazil → 0
Candidate hypernym: absconder: a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution → 0
Candidate hypernym: liposcelis: a genus of Psocidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: bossism: domination of a political organization by a party boss → 0
Candidate hypernym: cortinarius subfoetidus: a fungus with a sticky lavender cap and stalk that whitish above and covered with a silky lavender sheath → 0