1. 说话时不用口语，而用文言的字眼儿，以显示自己有学问[show off with one's learning] 。
2. 说话、写作用词不大众化，咬文嚼字、文绉绉的样子；特指不分场合地用文言文说话[lard one’s speech with pterary allusions]
