lexiphane means One who uses words pretentiously. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
LEXIPHANE — [Noun] One who uses words in a pretentiously learned or bombastic manner. From the character name Lexiphanes in the works of Lucian of Samosata, by surface analysis from Greek lexis ("word, speech") + -phanes ("showing, appearing"). Unlike a logophile, who cherishes words with genuine affection, or a sesquipedalian, who may neutrally favor polysyllables, the lexiphane is defined by ostentation. He is the sound of a thesaurus shaken over casual conversation, the voice declaring a coffee break a "synergistic caffeine-ingestion interval," the critic whose prose is a sarcophagus for meaning—a pantomime of erudition that uses language not as a bridge, but as a lonely, echoing fortress of the self.
noun
- One who uses words pretentiously.“At least I'm not lexiphanic; I'm just a lexiphane. :))”