word-mongeringadj.
/ˈwəːdˌmʌŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwərdˌməŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/, /ˈwərdˌmɑŋɡ(ə)rɪŋ/ Chiefly depreciative.
Of or designating a wordmonger; that engages in wordmongering.
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the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [adjective] > skilled in the use of words
wordy1603
word-mongering1788
1788 in Orig. Lett. Laurence Sterne xxvi. 144 My definitions are not borrowed from..the dull muzzing pericranium of a word-mongering dictionary maker.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. xi. 220 I am yet king enough..for the punishment of the quack-salving, word-mongering, star-gazing, lie-coining impostor, who has at once made a prisoner and a dupe of me!
1885 Shakespeariana 2 364 It would be entirely in keeping for him to use the word in a strained, pedantic application—see his word-mongering character as sketched in the second act.
1993 U. Wikan in G. Pálsson Beyond Boundaries (1994) ix. 201 To experience silence..as full and pregnant with meaning is difficult for a word-mongering academic.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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