high-flown+language
81highfaluting — highfalutin high fa*lu tin, highfaluting high fa*lu ting, n. [Perh. a corruption of highflighting.] High flown, bombastic language. [Written also {hifalutin}.] [Jocular, U. S.] Lowell. [1913 Webster] …
82Swetnam the Woman-Hater — Arraigned by Women is a Jacobean era stage play, an anonymous comedy that was part of an anti feminist controversy of the 1615 ndash;20 period.Performance and publication Swetnam the Woman Hater was first published in 1620, in a quarto issued by… …
83eloquent — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. persuasive, expressive, articulate, silver tongued; see expressive , fluent 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [EL uh KWUNT] persuasive by means of one s speech, having a way with words, articulate.… …
84rhetorical — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. oratorical, bombastic, eloquent; see verbose . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. expressive articulate, eloquent, fluent, persuasive, well said, *silver tongued. 2. grandiloquent magniloquent, bombastic, fustian,… …
85inflated — adjective 1) an inflated balloon Syn: blown up, aerated, filled, puffed up/out, pumped up; distended, expanded, engorged, swollen 2) inflated prices Syn: high, sky high, excessive …
86Charles Lucas — For other people named Charles Lucas, see Charles Lucas (disambiguation). Sir Charles Lucas Sir Charles Lucas, by William Dobson. Born 1613 …
87The Iceman Cometh — Infobox Play name = The Iceman Cometh caption = Kevin Spacey (center) as Hickey in the 1999 writer = Eugene O Neill characters = Harry Hope Ed Mosher Pat McGloin Willie Oban Joe Mott Piet Wetjoen Cecil Lewis James Cameron Hugo Kalmar Larry Slade… …
88Camões, Luís de — ▪ Portuguese poet Introduction in full Luís Vaz de Camões , English Luís Vaz de Camoëns , or Camoens born c. 1524/25, Lisbon died June 10, 1580, Lisbon Portugal s great national poet, author of the epic poem Os Lusíadas (1572; The… …
89affectation — Synonyms and related words: Barnumism, Gongorism, act, acting, action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectedness, air, airs, appearance, artfulness, artifice, artificiality, attitudinizing, bearing, bedizenment, behavior, behavior pattern,… …
90magniloquent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. pompous, boastful, bombastic. See boasting. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style: aureate, bombastic, declamatory, flowery,… …
