"phrasemonger" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: phrasemongers [plural]
Etymology: phrase + monger Etymology templates: {{compound|en|phrase|monger}} phrase + monger Head templates: {{en-noun}} phrasemonger (plural phrasemongers)
  1. (derogatory) One who uses overelaborate or wordy phrases. Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): People Translations (one who uses overelaborate or wordy phrases): фра́зер (frázer) [masculine] (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-phrasemonger-en-noun-UQ2N7dhs Disambiguation of People: 99 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 53

Verb

Forms: phrasemongers [present, singular, third-person], phrasemongering [participle, present], phrasemongered [participle, past], phrasemongered [past]
Etymology: phrase + monger Etymology templates: {{compound|en|phrase|monger}} phrase + monger Head templates: {{en-verb}} phrasemonger (third-person singular simple present phrasemongers, present participle phrasemongering, simple past and past participle phrasemongered)
  1. (derogatory, intransitive) To use overelaborate or wordy phrases. Tags: derogatory, intransitive
    Sense id: en-phrasemonger-en-verb-BRXNanEB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 53

Inflected forms

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