wordsmanship

Facetious. the art or technique of employing a vocabulary of arcane, recondite words in order to gain an advantage over another person.

See also: Games, Language

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usual diplomatic wordsmanship, it is also significant what the letters

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His beautifully crafted opinions stand out in the New York Reports as models of scholarship, clarity of thought, and lucid graceful wordsmanship. Their influence in charting the course of the law in New York is unquestioned.

Meeting the needs: fairness, morality, creativity and common sense Hugh R. Jones Memorial Lecture: Albany Law School - March 29, 2004

"They have to have a strong narrative line, good wordsmanship, interesting images, interesting ideas."

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