单词 | phrasiness |
释义 | phrasinessn. rare. A propensity for grandiose or bombastic language. Also: the fact or quality of being an impressive or grandiose phrase. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > phrasemongery phrasemongery1830 phrase-mongering1879 phrasiness1892 1892 Rev. of Reviews 14 Apr. 376/1 The Germans are heartily sick of the phrasiness of their ruler. 1896 W. W. Peyton in Contemp. Rev. June 837 I use the word ‘communication’ of design to release the idea of communion from religious phrasiness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1892 |
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