Lexiphane
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lexiphane is a noun meaning (rare) One who uses words pretentiously.
Meaning
(rare) One who uses words pretentiously.
Example Sentences
At least I'm not lexiphanic; I'm just a lexiphane. :))
That online essayist probably strives to be a logodaedalist, but he's just a lexiphane.
Campbell tells his dedicatee Lord Lyttelton that he "ought not to suffer those Lexiphanes, those Shiners, those Dealers in hard words, and absurd phrases, those fabricators of Triads and Quaternions" (p. xvii).
Word Forms
- lexiphanes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lexiphanicism, pleonast, lexophile, euphuist, lexiconophilist, pseud.
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