Phrasemongery

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Elaborate or bombastic speech or writing. uncountable

    "He may sometimes exaggerate the truth for the sake of the expression, sometimes perhaps sacrifice it; but he never degenerates into mere phrasemongery."

Example

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"He may sometimes exaggerate the truth for the sake of the expression, sometimes perhaps sacrifice it; but he never degenerates into mere phrasemongery."

Etymology

From phrasemonger + -y.

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