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lexiphanics

lexiphanics is the plural of lexiphanic.

Meaning of lexiphanic

Noun

lexiphanic (plural lexiphanics)

  1. (rare) One who uses bombastic or pretentious wording or language.
    • The printer who undertook the work deſerves much credit, inasmuch as he had before him the numerous remnants of periodical magazines, which have lived to die a ſpeedy death, & which are ſufficient to terrify any one actuated by the motives of certain intereſt, and an inſured return. Every father...1801 October 12, “The Monthly Review. [From the Philadelphia American Daily Advertiser.]”, in The Independent Chronicle: and Universal Advertiser, volume XXXIII, number 2143, Boston, Mass.: Adams &...
    Synonyms:
    lexiphane

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Questions about lexiphanics

What is lexiphanics the plural of?
Lexiphanics is the plural of lexiphanic.

Words near lexiphanics in the dictionary

  1. lexiphanic
  2. lexiphanical
  3. lexiphanically
  4. lexiphanicism
  5. lexiphanicisms
  6. lexiphanics
  7. lexiphone
  8. lexiphones
  9. lexis
  10. lexises
  11. Lexit

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