First Known Use: 1843
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Johnsonese
noun John·son·ese \ˌjän(t)-sə-ˈnēz, -ˈnēs\
Definition of JOHNSONESE
: a literary style characterized by balanced phraseology and Latinate diction
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Origin of JOHNSONESE
Samuel Johnson
Rhymes with JOHNSONESE
Ambonese, Androcles, Annamese, antifreeze, Assamese, Balinese, Bengalese, Bhutanese, Bolognese, Brooklynese, Cantonese, Cervantes, Ceylonese, Chersonese, Congolese, cottage cheese, diocese, expertise, Faeroese, federalese, fifth disease, Genovese, gourmandise, Hebrides, Heracles, Hercules, Hyades, ill at ease, in a breeze, Japanese, Javanese, journalese, Kanarese, legalese, litotes, manganese, Milanese, Nepalese, Nipponese, overseas, Pekingese, Pericles, Pleiades, Portuguese, Pyrenees, shoot the breeze, Siamese, Sienese, Silures, Sinhalese, Socrates, Sophocles, Sporades, to one's knees
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