phrasinessn.
/ˈfreɪzɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈfreɪzinᵻs/ rare.
A propensity for grandiose or bombastic language. Also: the fact or quality of being an impressive or grandiose phrase.
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phrasemongery1830
phrase-mongering1879
phrasiness1892
1892 Rev. of Reviews 14 Apr. 376/1 The Germans are heartily sick of the phrasiness of their ruler.
1896 W. W. Peyton in Contemp. Rev. June 837 I use the word ‘communication’ of design to release the idea of communion from religious phrasiness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1892- out of stock
- out of straight
- out of suits with
- out of sync
- out of taste
- out of temper
- out of the bias
- out of the blue
- out of the body
- out of the box
- out of the cards
- out of the closet
- out of the common
- out of the frame
- out of the frying pan into the fire
- out of the game
- out of the gathers
- out of the goodness of one's heart
- out of the hinges
- out of the loop
- out of the memory
- out of the memory of
- out of the milk
- out of the mode
- out of the money