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Definition of Lexiphanic

Lexiphanic
Lexiphanic Lex`i*phan"ic (l[e^]ks`[i^]*f[a^]n"[i^]k), a. [Gr. lexifa`nis a phrase monger; le`xis speech + fai`nein to show.] Using, or interlarded with, pretentious words; bombastic; as, a lexiphanic writer or speaker; lexiphanic writing.

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- part of my responsibility to resuscitate them." But he disclaimed "lexiphanicism for its own sake" and said that if a word "does not fit, I won't submit"...