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have swallowed a dictionary

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables
have swal-lowed a -dic-tionary
IPA
43
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
4
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be using a lot of obscure or complicated words.

Humorous

Usage

Inflected Forms

has swallowed a dictionary (present, singular) having swallowed a dictionary (participle, present) had swallowed a dictionary (participle, past) had swallowed a dictionary (past) have swallowed the dictionary (alternative)

Questions

What does have swallowed a dictionary mean?
To be using a lot of obscure or complicated words.

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