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periergia

UK/ˌpɛ.ɹiˈɜː.d͡ʒi.ə/US/ˌpɛ.ɹiˈɝ.d͡ʒi.ə/

periergia noun: the use of an excessively elaborate or elevated style to discuss a trivial matter; bombastic or laboured language.

Noun

periergia (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) The use of an excessively elaborate or elevated style to discuss a trivial matter; bombastic or laboured language.
    • The first place in which almost all of us encounter discourses of polypragmosyne, and latterly of periergia, is in the literature of fifth- and fourth-century BC Athens.2013, Matthew Leigh, From Polypragmon to Curiosus: Ancient Concepts of Curious and Meddlesome Behaviour

Questions about periergia

What does periergia mean?
Periergia means the use of an excessively elaborate or elevated style to discuss a trivial matter; bombastic or laboured language.
What part of speech is periergia?
Periergia is a noun.
How do you pronounce periergia?
Periergia is pronounced /ˌpɛ.ɹiˈɜː.d͡ʒi.ə/ (UK).

Words near periergia in the dictionary

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  3. periepididimal
  4. periepididymal
  5. periepithelial
  6. periergia
  7. periergy
  8. perieruptional
  9. peries
  10. perieschkje
  11. periesophageal

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