lexiphanic

English

Etymology

From Lexiphanes +‎ -ic, after a character in the works of Lucian.

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Adjective

lexiphanic (comparative more lexiphanic, superlative most lexiphanic)

  1. Using bombastic or pretentious wording or language.
    • 1852, Charles Knight, editor, The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere: Tragedies, vol. 2., page 128:
      Dr. Johnson has given an explanation of this passage, which is an amusing specimen of his Lexiphanic style: "to feel the convulsions of eructation without plenitude."

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