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Flowersa Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Lurid and excess

Does "Lurid" mean Horrible, maybe horror?

What is "Excess" in this context? Guessing that Lurid mean something negative It made it hard for me to get an idea for "of Mormom excess"

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"... Between the moral outrage against plural marriage and the titillation of lurid stories
of Mormon excess, Mormonism was constantly in the news."
  

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"... Between the moral outrage against plural marriage and the titillation of shocking/horrifying stories of Mormon's outrageous behaviour, Mormonism was constantly in the news."

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