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phrase-monger

phrase-monger is the alternative form of phrasemonger.

Meaning of phrasemonger

Noun

phrasemonger (plural phrasemongers)

  1. (derogatory) One who uses overelaborate or wordy phrases.
    • I was a true phrasemonger. I could not say a plain thing in a plain way. Simplicity, that one sure feature of truth, was to me sheer silliness.1837, Capel Lofft, Self-formation: or, The history of an individual mind, page 204

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Forms of phrase-monger

pluralphrase-mongers

Questions about phrase-monger

What is phrase-monger the alternative form of?
Phrase-monger is the alternative form of phrasemonger.

Words near phrase-monger in the dictionary

  1. phrase names
  2. phrase structure
  3. phrase structures
  4. phrase-book
  5. phrase-books
  6. phrase-monger
  7. phrase-mongers
  8. phraseable
  9. phrasebook
  10. phrasebooks
  11. phrased

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phrase-monger (page history and authors); phrasemonger (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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