phrasemonger
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
phrasemonger (plural phrasemongers)
- (derogatory) One who uses overelaborate or wordy phrases.
- 1837, Capel Lofft, Self-formation: or, The history of an individual mind, page 204:
- I was a true phrasemonger. I could not say a plain thing in a plain way. Simplicity, that one sure feature of truth, was to me sheer silliness.
Translations[edit]
one who uses overelaborate or wordy phrases
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Verb[edit]
phrasemonger (third-person singular simple present phrasemongers, present participle phrasemongering, simple past and past participle phrasemongered)
- (derogatory, intransitive) To use overelaborate or wordy phrases.