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91tribute — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. payment, tax, contribution; gift, offering, service; praise, encomium, compliment. See giving, approbation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Recognition] Syn. encomium, applause, memorial service, offering,… …
92declamatory — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Eloquent] Syn. rhetorical, elocutionary, formal; see fluent 2 , oratorical . 2. [Pompous] Syn. bombastic, windy, stuffy; see bombastic , oratorical , verbose . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Of or relating to the …
93fustian — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bombast, ranting, pomposity; see euphuism , wordiness . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. bombastic, pompous, pretentious, extravagant, grandiose, lofty. ANT.: understated, low key III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun… …
94overblown — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. superfluous, excessive, profuse, flowery; see oratorical , verbose . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. excessive, exaggerated, inflated, puffed up, overdone, overworked, immoderate, disproportionate. ANT.: modest,… …
95swollen — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. distended, puffed, swelled; see enlarged , inflated . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. enlarged, distended, bloated, puffy, puffed up, bulging, inflated, edemic, tumid, turgid. ANT.: deflated, contracted, shrunken III… …
96orotund — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. resounding sonorous, booming, resonant, projecting, stentorian, reverberating, thundering, powerful, mighty, rich. 2. grandiose in speech pompous, bombastic, fustian, bloated, grandiloquent. see oration, voice… …
97aureate — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style: bombastic, declamatory, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high flown, high sounding, magniloquent, orotund, overblown, rhetorical, sonorous …
98Mendele Mocher Seforim — (Shalom Jacob Abramowitz) (1835–1917) Yiddish and Hebrew writer. Until the age of seventeen, Abramowitz received a traditional Jewish education in the yeshivot of Lithuania. He then spent a year in the company of a professional beggar,… …
Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
99flowery — adjective 1) flowery fabrics Syn: floral, flower patterned 2) flowery language Syn: florid, flamboyant, ornate, fancy, convoluted; high flown, high sounding, magniloquent, grandiloquent …
100nonsense — nonsense, twaddle, drivel, bunk, balderdash, poppycock, gobbledygook, trash, rot, bull are comparable when they mean something said or proposed which is senseless or absurd. Nonsense is the most general of these terms; it may be referred to… …
