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One's brilliant vocabulary and a tendency to show it off [duplicate]
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What’s a big-vocabulary word for someone with a big vocabulary?
There are people who are blessed with a remarkable knowledge of vocabulary and diction – people who can come up ...
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A (highfalutin) word for a highfalutin word? [duplicate]
To illustrate the question, badroit used the word "meretricious" meretriciously.
Is there an English word that describes highfalutin words like "meretricious" that are (gratuitously) used in place of ...
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What is a person called who likes to use big words to make others think they are superior? [duplicate]
What is a person called who uses:
Complicated vocabulary when a simple answer would be sufficient?
Uses complex vocabulary to make others think they are highly educated
Is unnecessarily verbose
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What is the word for "knowledge of words?" [duplicate]
I remember that there was a word that meant being knowledgeable about many words, but I've forgotten what the word was.
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what is a word to describe a word-snob [duplicate]
I can't think of the word that describes a word snob and use of the word pretty much proves you are one. Anybody?
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Word for someone who is a lover of words [duplicate]
Is there a one word term for someone who is a lover of words? Similar to language enthusiast but only in a single word.
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What does the suffix “-saurus” mean?
Is it the same meaning in tyrannosaurus as in thesaurus?
I really can’t imagine what those two words could possibly have in common!
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A word or phrase to describe someone who is obsessed with words?
I want to be able to describe the love for, or obsession with, words. It may also be a condition from other's perspective.
It maybe because he is a lunatic who wants to aggrandize his vocabulary, a ...
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Is there a word for a person who loves to build his vocabulary? [closed]
What is the English word for a person who loves building his vocabulary?
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Is there a word for a person who uses the thesaurus too much?
I have a friend who uses the thesaurus all. the. time. and ends up using unnecessary words and looking silly. Is there a word for this kind of person? Or a person who is constantly trying to impress ...
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Is there a word for being addicted to words? [duplicate]
I don't know... I just thought it might sound really pretty, or "deep" in some way. I've been compiling a list of beautiful and rare words and I'm pretty sure I am addicted to words so I thought "why ...
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