Associations to the word «Johnsonese»
Verb
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Wiktionary
JOHNSONESE, proper noun. The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words.
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.