What does lexiphane mean?
Lexiphane means (rare) One who uses words pretentiously..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(rare) One who uses words pretentiously..
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).
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Lexiphane means (rare) One who uses words pretentiously..
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At least I'm not lexiphanic; I'm just a lexiphane. :))
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