Substandard use of words
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SOLECISMSubstandard use of words.
TACTCareful use of words
ECHOISMUse of imitative words
TROPEFigurative use of words.
ANAGOGEMystical use of words
NEOLOGYUse of new words
TACTDelicate use of words
abusagewrong use of words
incantationsThe use of such words
pleonasmthe use of needless words
incantationThe use of such words
abusagesABUSAGE, wrong use of words
OBSOut of use, as words: Abbr.
PURISMRigid nicety in use of words.
PURISTOne solicitous about use of words.
TACTDelicate use of words, e.g.
pleonasmsPLEONASM, the use of needless words
wordsmithexpert in the use of words
NEOLOGICPertaining to the use of new words.
equivocationthe use of equivocal or doubtful words
logodaedalicskilled in the manipulative use of words
dentalityuse of the teeth in pronouncing words
colloquialismsThe use of such words or phrases
colloquialismThe use of such words or phrases
neologismsThe coining or use of new words
APHASIALoss of power to use or understand words
ONOMATOPOEIAAUTHORSWriters who use a lot of imitative words?
logodaedalusone skilled in the manipulative use of words
dentalitiesDENTALITY, use of the teeth in pronouncing words
abusageimproper use of words; unidiomatic or ungrammatical language
figurativeDeparting from a literal use of words; metaphorical
equivocationsEQUIVOCATION, the use of equivocal or doubtful words
logodaedalusesLOGODAEDALUS, one skilled in the manipulative use of words
lexicologyThe study of the form, meaning, and use of words
homoeoteleutonthe use of words with similar endings in close proximity
deixisuse of words relating to the utterer's time and place
punhumorous use of words alike in sound but different in meaning
deixesDEIXIS, use of words relating to the utterer's time and place
punshumorous use of words alike in sound but different in meaning
laconicusing or marked by the use of a minimum of words.