(chiefly in the plural) A difficult and obscure word, particularly when used gratuitously to give an appearance of being learned.

Any word that gives the impression of something important or exciting.

plural of word-salad

Alternative form of word salad

An erudite word, especially a Latinate or multisyllabic one; a word used by scholars, intellectuals, etc., but that is not commonly known outside of academia. / (in the plural) Boastful language.

plural of word class

Something said bluntly in a scornful, often profane, manner.

A word that has two contradictory meanings; contranym.

(art) Artistic forms, such as concrete poems and visual poems, that use words as visual elements rather than merely to convey verbal meaning.

(computational linguistics) A vector of weights that represents a word in numerical form.