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▪ I. bloviating, n. U.S.
Brit. |ˈbləʊvɪeɪtɪŋ|, U.S. |ˈbloʊviˌeɪdɪŋ|
[‹ bloviate v. + -ing suffix1.]
The action of bloviate v.
1857Chicago Mag. 15 June 364/2 Such a policy may be termed bloviating, or puffing, or some other like appellation. 1959N.Y. Times Mag. 4 Oct. 13/2 The candidate..prepares for two or three months more of oratory, back-slapping, and what Warren G. Harding called ‘bloviating’. 2002Nation 20 May 18/1 Debate consists more of partisan bickering and mundane bloviating than reasoned and informed discourse.
▪ II. bloviating, a. U.S.
Brit. |ˈbləʊvɪeɪtɪŋ|, U.S. |ˈbloʊviˌeɪdɪŋ|
[‹ bloviate v. + -ing suffix2.]
Bombastic; long-winded.
1857Coshocton (Ohio) Democrat 17 June 2/1 The Age makes the following bloviating announcement. 1865J. W. Barber & H. Howe Loyal West in Times of Rebellion 606 Some of their officers were as dashing and bloviating as ever. 1945T. A. Bailey W. Wilson & Great Betrayal (1947) xx. 325 His great gush of ‘bloviating’ words might, through some horrible mischance, mean something definite. 1970Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 57 192 The pundits and Sunday supplements have sustained the picture of [Warren G.] Harding the bumbling, bloviating, poker-playing misfit. 2003Village Voice (N.Y.) 23–29 Apr. 57/4 Banville savors the opportunity to indulge the bloviating confessor's every rococo ejaculation and alliterative incantation. |