literaryism

literaryism
\\-rēˌizəm\ noun (-s)
: an instance of or tendency to use excessive refinement of expression in written compositions

every literaryism … fritters away a scrap of the reader's patience — Ezra Pound

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litˈeraryism noun
A bookish expression
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Main Entry:literary

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