Usually means: Using pretentious words to impress.
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  1. lexiphanic: Merriam-Webster
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  4. Lexiphanic: Dictionary.com
  5. Lexiphanic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. lexiphanic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Lexiphanic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. lexiphanic: FreeDictionary.org
  9. lexiphanic: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  10. Lexiphanic: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. Lexiphanic: World Wide Words

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▸ adjective:  Using bombastic or pretentious wording or language.

Similar:
declamatory, bombastiloquent, magniloquent, bombastic, grandiloquent, bombastick, Aeolistic, bombast, tonguey, wordy, more...

Types:
loquacious, garrulous, verbose, talkative, long-winded, windy, wordy, more...

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Similar:
declamatory, bombastiloquent, magniloquent, bombastic, grandiloquent, bombastick, Aeolistic, bombast, tonguey, wordy, more...

Types:
loquacious, garrulous, verbose, talkative, long-winded, windy, wordy, more...



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