#560. Language. -- N. language
phraseology
speech
tongue
lingo
vernacular
mother tongue
vulgar tongue
native tongue;
household words
King's English
Queen's English
dialect
confusion of tongues
Babel
pantomime
550
onomatopoeia
mimmation
lexicology
philology
linguistics
paleography
comparative
grammar
literature
letters
polite literature
muses
humanities
literae humaniores[Lat]
republic of letters
dead languages
classics
genius of language
scholarship
V. express by words
Adj. lingual
linguistic
dialectic
vernacular
current
bilingual;
polyglot
literary
Phr. "syllables govern the world" [Selden]
#561. Letter. -- N. letter
character
hieroglyphic
type
capitals
digraph
trigraph
ideogram
ideograph;
majuscule
minuscule
majuscule
minuscule
alphabet
christcross-row
consonant
vowel
diphthong
triphthong[Gram]
mute
liquid
labial
dental
guttural. syllable
monosyllable
polysyllable;
affix
suffix
spelling
phonetic spelling;
monogram
anagram;
V. spell
Adj. literal
alphabetical
abecedarian
syllabic
uncial
#562. Word. -- N. word
term
vocable
name
phrase
root
etymon
derivative
part of speech
dictionary
vocabulary
lexicon
glossary
index
concordance;
thesaurus
gradus[Lat]
delectus[Lat]
etymology
derivation
paleology
lexicography
glossographer
lexicologist
Adj. verbal
literal
titular
nominal. conjugate[Similarly derived]
derivative
Adv. verbally
verbatim
Phr. "the artillery of words" [Swift]
#563. Neologism. -- N. neology
neologism
newfangled expression
nonce expression
back-formation
barbarism
archaism
black letter
monkish Latin
corruption
malapropism
pun
play upon words
word play
double-entendre
palindrome
anagram
clinch
abuse of language
abuse of terms
dialect
brogue
idiom
accent
patois
provincialism
regionalism
localism
broken English
lingua franca
Anglicism
Briticism
Gallicism
Scotticism
Hibernicism
Gypsy lingo
Romany
pidgin
pidgin English
pigeon English
Volapuk
Chinook
Esperanto
Hindustani
kitchen Kaffir
dog Latin
gibberish
confusion of tongues
Babel;
chi-chi
figure of speech
byword
colloquialism
informal speech
informal language
substandard language
vernacular
vulgar language
obscene language
obscenity
vulgarity
jargon
technical terms
technicality
lingo
slang
cant
argot
St
Gile's Greek
thieves' Latin
peddler's French
flash tongue
Billingsgate
Wall Street slang
pseudonym
Mr. So-and-so
whatchacallim
what's his name
thingumbob
je ne sais
coiner of words
V. coin words
coin a term
backform
Americanize
Anglicize
archaic
obsolete
1
colloquial
#564. Nomenclature. -- N. nomenclature
naming
nuncupation|
nomination
baptism
onomatopoeia
name
designation
title
heading
rubric
caption
denomination
by-name
epithet
style
proper name
praenomen[Lat]
cognomen;
patronymic
surname
eponym
description
antonym
empty title
empty name
handle to one's name;
namesake
term
expression
noun
byword
convertible terms
technical
term
cant
V. name
call
term
denominate designate
style
entitle
dub
christen
baptize
characterize
specify
define
distinguish by the name of
label
be -called
take the name of
bean the name of
go by the name of
be known by the name of
go under the name of
pass under the name of
rejoice in the name of
Adj. named
ycleped
known as
what one may well
call fairly
call properly
call fitly
nuncupative
titular
nominal
Phr. "beggar'd all description" [Antony and Cleopatra]
#565. Misnomer. -- N. misnomer
lucus a non lucendo[Lat]
Mrs
Malaprop
what d'ye call 'em
Hoosier
nickname
sobriquet
by-name
assumed name
assumed title
alias
nom
de course
nom de theatre
nom de plume
pseudonym
pseudonymy
V. misname
miscall
nickname
assume a name
Adj. misnamed
pseudonymous
self called
self
styled
self christened
so-called
nameless
anonymous
without a having no name
innominate
unnamed;
unacknowledged
Adv. in no sense
#566. Phrase. -- N.
#567. Grammar. -- N. grammar
accidence
syntax
praxis
punctuation;
parts of speech
syllabication
inflection
case
declension
conjugation
us et norma loquendi[Lat]
Lindley Murray
(schoolbook)
correct style
philology
V. parse
punctuate
#568. Solecism. -- N. solecism
bad grammar
false grammar
faulty
grammar
slip of the pen
slip of the tongue
lapsus linguae[Lat];
bull
barbarism
impropriety
V. use bad grammar
faulty grammar
commit a
solecism
murder the King's English
murder the Queen's English
break
Priscian's head
Adj. ungrammatical
incorrect
inaccurate
faulty
improper
incongruous
solecistic
#569. Style. -- N. style
diction
phraseology
wording
manner
strain
composition
mode of expression
choice of words
mode of speech
literary power
ready pen
pen of a ready writer
command of language
(eloquence) 5
authorship
V. express by words
write
"style is the dress of
thoughts" [Chesterfield]
Various Qualities of Style
#570. Perspicuity. -- N. perspicuity
perspicuousness
(intelligibility) 5
plain speaking
definiteness
definition
exactness
explicitness
lucidness
Adj. lucid
explicit
exact
#571. Obscurity. -- N. obscurity
involution
hard words
ambiguity
unintelligibleness
vagueness
inexactness
what d'ye call 'em
darkness of meaning
Adj. obscure
crabbed
involved
confused
#572. Conciseness. -- N. conciseness
brevity
"the soul of
wit"
Tacitus
ellipsis
syncope
abridgment
(shortening) 20
compression
epitome
brunch word
portmanteau word
V. be concise
condense
abridge
abstract
come to the point
Adj. concise
brief
short
terse,close
to the point
exact
neat
compact
compressed
condensed
pointed
laconic
curt
pithy
trenchant
summary
pregnant
compendious
succinct
elliptical
epigrammatic
quaint
crisp
sententious
Adv. concisely
briefly
summarily
in brief
in short
in a
word
in a few words
for shortness sake
to come to the point
to make a
long story short
to cut the matter short
to be brief
it comes to this
the long and the short of it is
Phr. brevis esse laboro obscurus fio [Lat][Horace]
#573. Diffuseness. -- N. diffuseness
amplification
dilating
verbosity
verbiage
cloud of words
copia verborum[Lat];
flow of words
looseness
tautology
perissology|
pleonasm
exuberance
redundancy
thrice-told tale
prolixity
circumlocution
periphrasis
roundabout phrases
episode;
expletive
pennya-lining
richness
V. be diffuse
run out on
descant
expatiate
enlarge
dilate
amplify
expand
inflate
launch out
branch out
rant
maunder
prose
harp upon
dwell on
insist upon
digress
ramble
beat about the bush
perorate
spin a long yarn
protract
spin out
swell out
draw out;
Adj. diffuse
profuse
wordy
verbose
largiloquent|
copious
exuberant
pleonastic
lengthy
long-winded
long drawn out
spun out
protracted
prolix
prosing
maundering
circumlocutory
periphrastic
roundabout;
digressive
discursive
excursive
loose
rambling episodic
flatulent
frothy
Adv. diffusely
at large
in extenso[Lat]
about it and about
it
#574. Vigor. -- N. vigor
power
force
boldness
raciness
intellectual
force
spirit
point
antithesis
piquance
piquancy
verve
glow
fire
warmth
strong language
gravity
sententiousness
elevation
loftiness
sublimity
eloquence
command of words
command of language
Adj. vigorous
nervous
powerful
forcible
trenchant
incisive
impressive
sensational
spirited
lively
glowing
sparkling
racy
bold
slashing
pungent
piquant
full of point
pointed
pithy
antithetical
sententious
lofty
elevated
sublime
eloquent
vehement
petulant
impassioned;
poetic
Adv. in glowing terms
in good set terms
in no measured terms
Phr. "thoughts that breath and words that burn" [Gray]
#575. Feebleness. -- N. feebleness
Adj. feeble
bald
tame
meager
jejune
vapid
bland
trashy
lukewarm
cold
frigid
poor
dull
dry
languid
colorless
enervated;
proposing
prosy
prosaic
unvaried
monotonous
weak
washy
wishy-washy;
sketchy
slight
careless
slovenly
loose
lax (negligent) 460
slipshod
inexact
puerile
childish
flatulent
rambling
(diffuse) 573
#576. Plainness. -- N. plainness
simplicity
severity
plain
terms
plain English
Saxon English
household words
V. call a spade "a spade"
plunge in medias res
come to the point
Adj. plain
simple
unornamented
unadorned
unvarnished
homely
homespun
neat
severe
chaste
pure
Saxon
commonplace
matter-of-fact
natural
prosaic
dry
unvaried,monotonous
Adv. in plain terms
in plain words
in plain English
in plain common
parlance
point-blank
#577. Ornament. -- N. ornament
altiloquence
declamation
teratology|!;
well-rounded periods
elegance
orotundity
inversion
antithesis
alliteration
paronomasia
figurativeness
(metaphor) 521
flourish
flowers of speech
flowers of rhetoric
frills of style
euphemism
big-sounding words
high-sounding words
sesquipedalia verba[Lat]
Alexandrine
inflation
pretension
rant
bombast
fustian
prose run mad
fine writing
Minerva press
phrasemonger
euphemist
V. ornament
overlay with ornament
overcharge
smell of the lamp
Adj. ornament
beautified
ornate
florid
rich
flowery
euphemistic
sonorous
high-sounding
big-
sounding
inflated
swelling
tumid
turgid
turgescent
pedantic
pompous
stilted
orotund
high flown
high flowing
sententious
rhetorical
declamatory
grandiose
grandiloquent
magniloquent
sesquipedalian
Johnsonian
mouthy
bombastic
fustian;
frothy
flashy
flaming
antithetical
alliterative
figurative
artificial
(inelegant) 579
Adv. ore rutundo[Lat]
#578. Elegance. -- N. elegance
purity
grace
ease
gracefulness
readiness
euphony
classicism
well rounded periods
well turned periods
flowing periods
the right
word in the right place
antithesis
*purist
V. point an antithesis
round a period
Adj. elegant
polished
classical
Attic
correct
Ciceronian
artistic
chaste
pure
Saxon
graceful
easy
readable
fluent
flowing
tripping
unaffected
natural
mellifluous
euphonious
euphemism
euphemistic;
numerose|
rhythmical
felicitous
happy
neat
well put
neatly put
well expressed
neatly
expressed
#579. Inelegance. -- N. inelegance
stiffness
"unlettered
Muse" [Gray]
barbarism
slang
solecism
mannerism
(affectation) 85
fustian
cacophony
words that
break the teeth
words that dislocate the jaw
V. be inelegant
Adj. inelegant
graceless
ungraceful
harsh
abrupt
dry
stiff
cramped
formal
forced
labored
artificial
mannered
ponderous
awkward
unpolished
turgid
affected
barbarous
uncouth
grotesque
rude
crude
halting;
offensive to ears polite
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