† rhetoricianismn.
Obsolete.
Poe's word for: excessive floridity or triteness of expression (considered as characteristic of the style of rhetoricians).
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rhetory?a1500
rhetoric1559
rope-ripe1584
inkle-eloquence1774
rhetoricianism1842
1842 E. A. Poe in Graham's Mag. Feb. 121/1 ‘Deep calleth unto deep’ is nevertheless a great improvement upon his previous rhetoricianism.
1845 E. A. Poe in Broadway Jrnl. 8 Feb. 82/1 A general interjectional rhetoricianism.
1849 E. A. Poe in Southern Lit. Messenger 15 600/2 I admit that the defect charged, by an envious critic, upon Bayard Taylor—the sin of excessive rhetoricianism—is, in some measure, chargeable to Wallace.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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