英语词汇“big-worded”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

big-worded adj. characterized by the use of long and difficult words; given to using such words, esp. speaking pretentiously.

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1767 R. Ingram Gout 193 Very often, a trifling case and a timorous patient,..shall lift the bold big-worded ignorant into the vehicle of Fame, whilst ingenuous modest merit trudges studiously along.

1849 Ladies' Repository Oct. 317/1 The redoubtable, chivalrous, big-worded Germans have fallen into procession behind their old standards, hanging on to the ‘coat-tails’ of their petty kings!

1939 PMLA 54 337 His association with these big-worded denizens of the cafe only aggravates the dissatisfaction and futility that he now often feels within him.

1992 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 27 Feb. The play has unusual dialogue, with contrasting bursts of fluent four-lettered argument and stilted, big-worded polemics.

单词	big-worded
释义	> as lemmas big-worded big-worded adj. characterized by the use of long and difficult words; given to using such words, esp. speaking pretentiously. ΚΠ 1767 R. Ingram Gout 193 Very often, a trifling case and a timorous patient,..shall lift the bold big-worded ignorant into the vehicle of Fame, whilst ingenuous modest merit trudges studiously along. 1849 Ladies' Repository Oct. 317/1 The redoubtable, chivalrous, big-worded Germans have fallen into procession behind their old standards, hanging on to the ‘coat-tails’ of their petty kings! 1939 PMLA 54 337 His association with these big-worded denizens of the cafe only aggravates the dissatisfaction and futility that he now often feels within him. 1992 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 27 Feb. The play has unusual dialogue, with contrasting bursts of fluent four-lettered argument and stilted, big-worded polemics. extracted from bigadj.adv. < as lemmas
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