To the editor — I recently read a letter to the editor that was filled with an abundance of pompous, pretentious, and grandiloquent words. It was really quite impressive! I must say, I mean, who needs ...

You probably don’t read a lot of books written in the 1820s. But if you did, you’d see the word “belie” a lot more. According to Google Ngram Viewer, in the early 1800s, “belie” appeared in books ...