Lexiphanesn.
/lɛkˈsɪfəniːz/ One who uses bombastic phraseology.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > inflated or bombastic style > one who uses
fustianist1642
Lexiphanes1767
spread-eagleist1877
1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes Ded. p. xvii Those Lexiphaneses, those Shiners, those Dealers in hard words.
Derivatives
Lexiˈphanic adj. /lɛksɪˈfænɪk/
/lɛksɪˈfænɪk/ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > inflated or bombastic
fleshyc1369
windya1382
unmeasureda1425
puffing1566
embossed1578
puffed1587
bombasted1589
fustian1592
puffya1594
full-mouthed1594
orificial1594
gouty1595
swelling1597
mouth-filling1598
taffeta1598
bombast1601
tiptoe-strouting1602
turgidous1602
swollen1605
dropsieda1616
exsufflicatea1616
turgent1621
ampullous1622
tympanous1625
high-flown1632
tumorousa1637
blustered1638
tumid1648
bombastical1649
ranting1650
inflated1652
tuftaffetya1658
pompiona1670
bombastic1704
dropsical1721
thundering1725
turgid1725
exsuffolate1744
Lexiphanic1767
hi cockalorum1783
Ossianic1788
mouthing1814
mouthy1827
sophomoric1837
highfalutin1839
sophomorical1847
spread eagle1853
tumescent1882
Herodian1886
Ossianesque1889
Barnumesque1890
1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes Ded. p. vii I generally found them [modern writings] more or less Lexiphanick in proportion to the share of fame and reputation their several authors enjoyed.
1887 Sat. Rev. 5 Nov. 624 Its Lexiphanic contortions of the tongue.
Lexiˈphanicism n.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > inflated or bombastic style > bombast
thundering1564
bombast1589
fustiana1593
taratantara1599
bombard-phrasea1637
heroics1638
bombacea1661
rant1662
Lexiphanicism1767
streperosity1772
puff1821
taffeta1821
polyphloisboioism1823
flabbergast1831
highfalutin1847
highfalutination1858
carmagnole1860
Barnumism1862
ballyhoo1901
1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes 129 Come, Doctor, let us have no more of your medical terms and solemnity... 'Tis no better than downright Lexiphanicism.
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 224 The encumbering Lexiphanicisms of the ponderous numerosity of Johnson.
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