lexiphanic
adjective
lex·i·phan·ic
¦leksə¦fanik
archaic
: using ostentatiously recondite words : bombastic, pretentious
Word History
Etymology
Lexiphanes (bombastic speaker in the dialogue Lexiphanes by Lucian, 2d century a.d. Greek satirist) + English -ic
- clapped (together or up)
- clapped back
- clapped together or up
- clapped-out
- clapper
- clapper boards
- clapper box
- clapper boy
- clapper rail
- clapper valve
- clapperboards
- clapperclaw
- clapperclawed
- clapperclawers
- clapperclawing
- clapperclaws
- clapperdudgeon
- clappered
- clappering
- clapperings
- clappers
- clapping
- clapping (together or up)
- clapping back
- clapping together or up