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Using bombastic or pretentious wording or language.See Also: lexiphanicism
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Lexiphanic — Lex i*phan ic (l[e^]ks [i^]*f[a^]n [i^]k), a. [Gr. lexifa nis a phrase monger; le xis speech + fai nein to show.] Using, or interlarded with, pretentious words; bombastic; as, a lexiphanic writer or speaker; lexiphanic writing. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lexiphanic — lex·i·phan·ic … English syllables
lexiphanic — a. using many long words; bombastic. ♦ lexiphanism, n … Dictionary of difficult words
lexiphanic — |leksə|fanik adjective Etymology: Lexiphanes (bombastic speaker in the dialogue Lexiphanes by Lucian, 2d century A.D. Greek satirist) + English ic archaic : using ostentatiously recondite words : bombastic, pretentious … Useful english dictionary
magniloquent — adjective Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent. Syn: fustian, lexiphanic … Wiktionary
fustian — noun a) A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff b) A class of cloth including corduroy and velveteen Syn: lexiphanic, magniloquent … Wiktionary
Johnsonian — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, affected, bedizened, big sounding, convoluted, declamatory, elevated, euphuistic, flamboyant, flaming, flashy, flaunting, fulsome, garish, gaudy, grandiloquent, grandiose, grandisonant, high flowing, high… … Moby Thesaurus
affected — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Johnsonian, Marinistic, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, afflicted, agonized, apocryphal, artificial, assumed, attacked, awkward, bastard, bedizened, big sounding, bogus, brummagem, canting, chichi,… … Moby Thesaurus
bedizened — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Johnsonian, adorned, affected, beaded, bedecked, befrilled, bejeweled, beribboned, bespangled, big sounding, convoluted, decked out, declamatory, decorated, elevated, embellished, euphuistic, feathered,… … Moby Thesaurus
declamatory — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Johnsonian, affected, aureate, bedizened, big sounding, bombastic, convoluted, elevated, elocutionary, eloquent, euphuistic, flamboyant, flaming, flashy, flaunting, flowery, forensic, fulsome, garish,… … Moby Thesaurus
