LEXIPHANIC


Meaning of LEXIPHANIC in English

|leksə|fanik adjective

Etymology: Lexiphan es (bombastic speaker in the dialogue Lexiphanes by Lucian, 2d century A.D. Greek satirist) + English -ic

archaic : using ostentatiously recondite words : bombastic , pretentious

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