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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread lexiphanicinism #1901 05/05/2000 9:04 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 2 noakkidxghaooi stranger noakkidxghaooi stranger Joined: May 2000 Posts: 2 hello, this was a word i stumbled across somewhere, meaning, i think 'someone who uses large words to make themselves seem more inelligent or knowledgeable'. i'd like to know - is this correct? thanks. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lexiphanicinism #1902 05/05/2000 10:07 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass the adjective is lexiphanic, the noun is lexiphanicism: 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. and now I'm going to once again suggest that queries such as this can be easily satisfied by using http://www.onelook.com/ as the first resource. http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lexiphanicinism #1903 05/06/2000 4:44 AM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 2 noakkidxghaooi stranger noakkidxghaooi stranger Joined: May 2000 Posts: 2 thanks - i tried onelook, but since i didn't know how to spell the word, i was beyond help :D thanks again! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lexiphanicinism #1904 05/06/2000 6:00 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 Surely the point of this is "questions and answers about words" so anything related to "questions and answers about words" is fine. It is useful to know about other sites but surely not essential! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lexiphanicinism #1905 05/06/2000 8:31 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass sure... I'm just suggesting, in my overly blunt fashion, that YCLIU and sometimes get a quicker answer. http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Lexiphanic Lessons #1906 05/07/2000 1:03 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York We have a didactic example right here. Fellow poster Jeff is a self-described lexiphane (???). Perhaps the initiator of this thread would like to look at said poster's bio and some of his posts, for illustration. ;-) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lexiphanic Lessons #1907 05/12/2000 6:04 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 20 pieman stranger pieman stranger Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 20 And I'm sure we must all know sesquipedalian (literally, a word that's a foot and a half long...) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lexiphanicinism #1908 05/12/2000 12:11 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Tsuwm, you wrote: >in my overly blunt fashion... I have to say that I think you're pretty sharp! Also that sometimes it takes bluntness to make a point! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lexiphanicinism #1909 05/12/2000 3:06 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 20 pieman stranger pieman stranger Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 20 YCLIU You can look it up. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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