Lurid  

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"... then so prevalent, and so detrimental to the interests of the Church, and which Peter Damian has painted in colors, if not too lurid, certainly not a shade brighter than the reality, in his work entitled Liber Gomorrhianus."--Manual of Universal Church History (1876) by Johannes Baptist Alzog

Cover of Sweeney Todd, published by Charles Fox in 48 numbers
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Cover of Sweeney Todd, published by Charles Fox in 48 numbers

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  1. Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance.
  2. Being of a light yellow hue.
  3. Shocking, horrifying.
  4. Melodramatic.
    Some paperback novels have lurid covers.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lūridus (“pale yellow, wan”).

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