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cantankerous
Showing an ill-natured disposition; ill-conditioned and quarrelsome, perverse, cross-grained.
gargantuan
enormous, monstrous
gobbledegook
Official or pretentious verbiage or jargon. Talk or writing which is long, pompous, vague, involved, usually with Latinized words. It is also talk or writing which is merely long. (O.E.D.)
prosopopea
Consiste nell'attribuire prerogative umane a cose o a concetti inanimati, facendoli parlare o rivolgendo loro la parola. Affine alla personificazione.
perifrasi
Consiste nell'indicare una persona o una cosa con un giro di parole.



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