1. 說話時不用口語,而用文言的字眼兒,以顯示自己有學問[show off with one's learning] 。
2. 說話、寫作用詞不大眾化,咬文嚼字、文縐縐的樣子;特指不分場合地用文言文說話[lard one’s speech with pterary allusions]