verbarian
adj. relating to words

gasconade
n. boastful or bombastic language

philautia
n. self-conceit; undue regard for oneself

procacious
adj. cheeky, provocative

An odd little detail from Boswell’s Life of Johnson:

“His next instructor in English was a master, whom, when he spoke of him to me, he familiarly called Tom Brown, who, said he, ‘published a spelling-book, and dedicated it to the UNIVERSE; but, I fear, no copy of it can now be had.'”