Lexiphane

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who uses words pretentiously. rare

    "At least I'm not lexiphanic; I'm just a lexiphane. :))"

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"At least I'm not lexiphanic; I'm just a lexiphane. :))"

Etymology

From Lexiphanes, a character of Lucian of Samosata's. By surface analysis, lexi- (word) + -phane (“appearing”).

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