Affectedness in the choice of unusual words.
| 单词 | θ230752 |
| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > wordmongering (24) insolency1644 Affectedness in the choice of unusual words. play of words1711 an act of playing or trifling with words; the use of words merely or mainly for the purpose of producing a rhetorical effect. Now rare. wordmongery1831 wordmongering1839 The practice of a wordmonger; verbal trickery. Subcategories:— instance of (1) — one who (6) — ink-horn term (6) — sonorous term (1) — sesquipedalianism (6) |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。