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-ana
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scalige…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, johnson, style, pompous.
A cappella
unknown · 78% connection
In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a cape…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, johnson, style, pompous.
Bombast
noun · 78% connection
Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, johnson, style, pompous.
Boswellian
adjective · 78% connection
Relating to, or characteristic of, Boswell, the biographer of Dr. Johnson.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, johnson, style, pompous.
Cantabile
adjective · 78% connection
In a melodious, flowing style; in a singing style, as opposed to bravura, recitativo, or parlando.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, johnson, style, pompous.
Dial
noun · 78% connection
An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, johnson, style, pompous.
Diffuse
adjective · 78% connection
Poured out; widely spread; not restrained; copious; full; esp., of style, opposed to concise or terse; verbose; prolix; as, a diffuse…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, johnson, style, pompous.
Dolly Varden
unknown · 78% connection
A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women; also, a style of dress.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, johnson, style, pompous.
Ease
noun · 78% connection
Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, johnson, style, pompous.
Energy
noun · 78% connection
an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity of style"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, johnson, style, pompous.
Epic
adjective · 78% connection
Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fict…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, johnson, style, pompous.
Fashion
noun · 78% connection
The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; partic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, johnson, style, pompous.
Fustian
adjective · 78% connection
Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, johnson, style, pompous.
Grandiloquent
adjective · 78% connection
Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, johnson, style, pompous.
Gyroscope
noun · 78% connection
A rotating wheel, mounted in a ring or rings, for illustrating the dynamics of rotating bodies, the composition of rotations, etc. It…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, johnson, style, pompous.
Hudibrastic
adjective · 78% connection
Similar to, or in the style of, the poem "Hudibras," by Samuel Butler; in the style of doggerel verse.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, johnson, style, pompous.
Inflated
adjective · 78% connection
Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, johnson, style, pompous.
Johnsonese
noun · 78% connection
The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classica…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, johnson, style, pompous.
