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phrasemonger

phrasemonger noun: one who uses overelaborate or wordy phrases.

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

Verb

phrasemonger (third-person singular simple present phrasemongers, present participle phrasemongering, simple past and past participle phrasemongered)

  1. (derogatory, intransitive) To use overelaborate or wordy phrases.

Forms of phrasemonger

Noun
pluralphrasemongers
Verb
third-person singular presentphrasemongers
present participlephrasemongering
past participlephrasemongered
pastphrasemongered

Origin of phrasemonger

From phrase + monger.

Words formed from phrasemonger

Questions about phrasemonger

What does phrasemonger mean?
Phrasemonger means one who uses overelaborate or wordy phrases.
What part of speech is phrasemonger?
Phrasemonger can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of phrasemonger?
The plural of phrasemonger is phrasemongers.

Words near phrasemonger in the dictionary

  1. phraseman
  2. phraseme
  3. phrasemen
  4. phrasemes
  5. phrasemic
  6. phrasemonger
  7. phrasemongered
  8. phrasemongerer
  9. phrasemongerers
  10. phrasemongering
  11. phrasemongers

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