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What do you call a meaningless word?

What do you call a meaningless word?

absurd, empty, futile, hollow, inconsequential, insignificant, pointless, senseless, trivial, unimportant, useless, vague, worthless, aimless, blank, doublespeak, double-talk, feckless, fustian, good-for-nothing.

What does Twodle mean?

1a : silly idle talk : drivel. b : something insignificant or worthless : nonsense that idea is pure twaddle. 2 : one that twaddles : twaddler.

What does Lucrid mean?

adjective. gruesome; horrible; revolting: the lurid details of an accident. glaringly vivid or sensational; shocking: the lurid tales of pulp magazines.

What does Garishness mean?

1 : clothed in vivid colors a garish clown. 2a : excessively or disturbingly vivid garish colors garish imagery. b : offensively or distressingly bright : glaring. 3 : tastelessly showy : flashy garish neon signs.

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What is the meaning of dilettantism?

The act of behaving like a dilettante, of being an amateur or “dabbler”, sometimes in the arts. Also the act of enjoying the arts, being a connoisseur.

What does Twattle mean?

: to talk idly : chatter, prate, twaddle. twattle.

What does meandered mean?

intransitive verb. 1 : to follow a winding or intricate course across the ceiling meandered a long crack— John Galsworthy. 2 : to wander aimlessly or casually without urgent destination : ramble he meandered with the sightseers gawping at the boat people— John le Carré

Why can’t you use the same word for defining?

Defining doesn’t work that way. Defining requires utterances, not single words. Even if you tried to define something by using the same word on either side of the equals sign, colon, or “be”-verb, that act wouldn’t really be defining.

What is another word for not specific?

Synonyms for not specific include general, vague, approximate, broad, imprecise, inexact, loose, sweeping, hazy and indefinite. Find more similar words at wordhippo.com!

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What do you call something that can’t be described in words?

If you intend to use it in a derisive, antipathetic way, then the word “nondescript” can be used, which also means, indescribable (there, another word for something that can not be described in words). Also it has more to do with physical attributes than any deeper meaning.

What is it called when you use the same word immediately?

The everyday word for this concept, where a word is defined using the same word either immediately or via other definitions, is: circular definition. The slightly more technical sounding term ‘recursive definition’ also works (but would not be understood as well by most people).