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grandiosity|grændɪˈɒsɪtɪ|
[f. grandiose + -ity.]
The quality of being grandiose.
1839Hallam Hist. Lit. III. iii. vi. §47. 573 There is..something of a grandiosity in the sentiments and language, which shows us that Shakspeare had not read that history without entering into its spirit. 1862Sat. Rev. XIV. 573/2 Mr. Balme's book..is disfigured, in regard to style, by..a pervading grandiosity of manner. 1881M. Arnold Byron in Macm. Mag. XLIII. 372/2 That ‘daring, dash, and grandiosity’, of Byron, which are indeed so splendid. 1887Lowell Old Eng. Dramatists (1892) 36 Marlowe..constantly pushes grandiosity to the verge of bombast. |