grandiloquent
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gran·dil·o·quence
(grăn-dĭl′ə-kwəns)n.
Pompous or bombastic speech or expression.
[From grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus : grandis, great + loquī, to speak; see tolkw- in Indo-European roots.]
gran·dil′o·quent adj.
gran·dil′o·quent·ly adv.
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grandiloquent
(ɡrænˈdɪləkwənt)adj
inflated, pompous, or bombastic in style or expression
[C16: from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis great + loquī to speak]
granˈdiloquence n
granˈdiloquently adv
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Adj. | 1. | grandiloquent - lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" rhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery" |
2. | grandiloquent - puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek pretentious - making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition" |
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grandiloquent
adjective pompous, inflated, rhetorical, high-flown, pretentious, flowery, bombastic, high-sounding, fustian, orotund She attacked her colleagues for indulging in 'grandiloquent' language.
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grandiloquent
adjectiveCharacterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style:
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