wordmonger
IPA: wˈɝdmɑŋgɝ
noun
- (usually derogatory) A writer, speechmaker, etc. who uses superficial, strange, or empty language for show, pretentiously, or carelessly, often to the point of disregard for the meaning of words.
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Examples of "wordmonger" in Sentences
- Fred: For a wordmonger, you don’t have a very good command of words.
- Belgian soldier, fighting for a truth that is at the very heart and depth of all things true, puts the mere wordmonger to shame.
- That a man of More's massive learning, noble eloquence, and divine genius should need the testimony of a mere elegant wordmonger like Blair, seems ludicrous enough; and Addison himself, except in wit and humour, was not worthy to have untied the shoelatchets of the old Platonist.
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