• (n.) The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words.
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John`son·ese' noun The literary style of Dr. Samuel
Johnson , or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words.
E. Everett. Found on
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a literary style characterized by rhetorically balanced, often pompous phraseology and an excessively Latinate vocabulary: so called from the style of writing practiced by Samuel Johnson.
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