Chiefly Rhetoric. The use of an excessively elaborate or elevated style to discuss a trivial matter; bombastic or laboured language.
| 单词 | θ230742 |
| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > laboured or pedantic quality (17) periergia1550 Chiefly Rhetoric. The use of an excessively elaborate or elevated style to discuss a trivial matter; bombastic or laboured language. pedantism1592 Pedantic language, attitude, or method; the habit of pedantry. stiffness1638 Formality; constraint; lack of ease or grace; coldness, aloofness (of manners and deportment); artificiality, excessive regularity, pedantry (of… pedantry1841 The character, habit of mind, or practice of a pedant. Mere academic learning, without judgement or discrimination; excessive reverence for or… non-naturalism1895 A non-natural feature or characteristic; (also) non-natural style. Subcategories:— use of (1) — instances (1) — composition (2) — literarism (5) — Latinizing (3) |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。