Johnsonese

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A literary style characterized by by rhetorically balanced, often pompous phraseology and an excessively Latinate vocabulary; so called from the style of writing practiced by Samuel Johnson.

Samuel Johnson was an eighteenth century writer and politician.

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Part-time language instructor, part-time blogger, Pamela M. Shuggi, PhD lives and works in Baltimore, MD with her cat, Caesar. She loves to read, write, knit, cook, walk and spend time with family and friends.

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