polysyllabomania

Updated: May 21, 2025

Claire might have been, but Milt had heard politics and religion argued about the stove in Rauskukle's store too often to be startled by polysyllabomania. He knew it was often the sign of a man who has read too loosely and too much by himself. He snorted. "Huh! What are you newspaper, politics, law, preacher, or gambler?" "Well, a little of all those interesting occupations.

Sinclair Lewis - Free Air