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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Largiloquent: Bombastic.
Dithyramb: Ancient Greek improvised hymn about Dionysus.

You were almost coherent there, but not quite.

[–] Camzing -2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Dithyramb

A wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Funnily enough if that just translates to bombastic, enthusiastic speech it's slightly redundant and not as descriptive of his speeches as it could be for being such flowery wording.

[–] Trail 2 points 10 months ago

As a Greek, yes this is the modern usage of the word.

[–] EvilLootbox 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] Camzing -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Vocabulary study embiggens us all.

[–] zeppo 1 points 10 months ago

enbiglifies.

[–] PP_BOY_ 8 points 10 months ago

I'll take "Leading Question" for $500, Alex

[–] NegentropicBoy 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Camzing -4 points 10 months ago
[–] MonsterMonster 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You don't get out much do you?

[–] Camzing -1 points 10 months ago
[–] Camzing -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I think you mean "sesquipedalian vocabulary exclusively"

[–] Camzing -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Camzing -2 points 10 months ago

i should have included that in the title ha