wordmongeringn.
/ˈwəːdˌmʌŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwərdˌməŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, /ˈwərdˌmɑŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/ The practice of a wordmonger; verbal trickery.
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insolency1644
play of words1711
wordmongery1831
wordmongering1839
1839 tr. P. A. Böckh in Foreign Q. Rev. Jan. 424 The stout old scholars of past centuries would have despised this modern, I shall not say word-mongering, but mere syllable and letter criticism.
1879 H. N. Hudson Hamlet Pref. p. xiv Too much time..spent in mere word-mongering and lingual dissection.
1946 San Antonio (Texas) Light 17 May 6 a/3 Such excesses played into the hands of the ideological wreckers who through clever word mongering made it appear that Hettie Green was a typical widow.
1974 J. Seymour Fat of Land (new ed.) xiii. 157 So for the main part our balance of trade is maintained by my word-mongering.
1998 Wired Aug. 28/1 Forty years of wordmongering..and I discover Wired.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1839see also
- to have a way with words
- to have a white feather in one's tail
- to have a white feather in one's wing
- to have a white head and a green tail
- to have a whitey
- to have a will of one's own
- to have a wise head on one's shoulders
- to have a wise head upon one's shoulders
- to have a wold
- to have a woman's maidenhead
- to have a word
- to have a, any, no, etc suspicion, or suspicions
- to have ado
- to have ado with
- to have aid of
- to have all one's buttons
- to have all one's buttons on
- to have all one's marbles
- to have all one's work cut out
- to have all steam on
- to have all the answers
- to have all the earmarkings of
- to have all the luck
- to have all the markings of
- to have all the moves