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dic·tion
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phrase
Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb. -
atticism
the idiom or character of the Attic dialect of Ancient Greek, esp in the Hellenistic period -
aureate language
a style of poetic diction, used originally in 15th-century English poetry, characterized by the use of ornate phrases and Latinized coinages. -
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cacology
a bad choice of words; faulty speech -
diseur
a male professional entertainer who performs monologues.