lexiphanic
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Lexiphanes + -ic, after a character in the works of Lucian.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]lexiphanic (comparative more lexiphanic, superlative most lexiphanic)
- Using bombastic or pretentious wording or language.
- 1852, Charles Knight, editor, The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere: Tragedies, vol. 2., page 128:
- Dr. Johnson has given an explanation of this passage, which is an amusing specimen of his Lexiphanic style: "to feel the convulsions of eructation without plenitude."