| 单词 | johnsonese |
| 释义 | Johnsonese in American English (ˌdʒɑnsənˈiz) noun the literary style of, or like that of, Samuel Johnson, variously characterized by erudition, Latinisms, heaviness, pomposity, etc. Johnsonese in American English (ˌdʒɑnsəˈniz, -ˈnis) noun a literary style characterized by rhetorically balanced, often pompous phraseology and an excessively Latinate vocabulary: so called from the style of writing practiced by Samuel Johnson Word origin [1835–45; johnson + -ese]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: daisy chain, hot plate, placement, protein, squeegee-ese is a suffix forming adjectival derivatives of place names, esp. countries or cities;frequently used nominally to denote the inhabitants of the place or their language(Faroese; Japanese; Vietnamese; Viennese). By analogy with such language names, -ese occurs in coinages denoting in a disparaging, often facetious way a characteristicjargon, style, or accent (Brooklynese; bureaucratese; journalese; computerese) |
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