altiloquencen.

Brit.

/alˈtɪləkw(ə)ns/, U.S.

/ælˈtɪləkw(ə)ns/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin altiloquentia.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin altiloquentia (a1558) < classical Latin alti- alti- comb. form + -loquentia -loquence comb. form. Compare earlier grandiloquence n.

Now rare.

The quality of being loud, elevated, pompous, or high-flown in manner or expression. Also: speech, language, writing, etc., characterized by this.Cf. grandiloquence n., magniloquence n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > loftiness or grandiloquence

magnificence1481

stateliness1550

sublimity1581

grandiloquence1589

sublimenessa1599

magniloquency1615

magniloquence1623

elevationa1639

rotundity1655

grandiloquy1656

magniloquy1656

grandeur1657

loftiness1663

magnificentness1727

altiloquence1775

grandiosity1801

grandioso1816

grandiloquent1829

ororotundity1831

ororotundoism1840

orotundity1909

1603 J. Florio in tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. To Rdr. sig. A5^v The Tuscan altiloquence..cannot from heere be drawne to life.

1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Altiloquence, talking loud or high.

1775 London Rev. Eng. & Foreign Lit. Jan. 17 The affectation of some writers, and the altiloquence of others.

1808 J. Macdonald Treat. Telegr. Communication 59 Its elegant archaisms..containing an altisonant altiloquence.

1894 G. S. Layard Tennyson & Pre-Raphaelite Illustr. i. 11 Surely it would be better to speak to their fellows in the vernacular instead of with the pedantic altiloquence of the schools.

1918 G. J. Nathan Pop. Theatre iii. 52 The florid altiloquence which they mistake for fine writing.

1987 A. M. Patterson Pastoral Ideology iv. 206 In Theocritus it was the elements of rustic realism that Fontenelle despised; in Virgil the..indecorous altiloquence of the ‘Polio’ and the ‘Silenus’.

2005 R. D. Lewis Finland, Cultural Lone Wolf vi. 63 In the EU committees, Finnish common sense is an admirable antidote to Latin rhetoric and altiloquence.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	altiloquence
释义	altiloquencen. Brit. /alˈtɪləkw(ə)ns/, U.S. /ælˈtɪləkw(ə)ns/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin altiloquentia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin altiloquentia (a1558) < classical Latin alti- alti- comb. form + -loquentia -loquence comb. form. Compare earlier grandiloquence n. Now rare. The quality of being loud, elevated, pompous, or high-flown in manner or expression. Also: speech, language, writing, etc., characterized by this.Cf. grandiloquence n., magniloquence n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > loftiness or grandiloquence magnificence1481 stateliness1550 sublimity1581 grandiloquence1589 sublimenessa1599 magniloquency1615 magniloquence1623 elevationa1639 rotundity1655 grandiloquy1656 magniloquy1656 grandeur1657 loftiness1663 magnificentness1727 altiloquence1775 grandiosity1801 grandioso1816 grandiloquent1829 ororotundity1831 ororotundoism1840 orotundity1909 1603 J. Florio in tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. To Rdr. sig. A5^v The Tuscan altiloquence..cannot from heere be drawne to life. 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Altiloquence, talking loud or high. 1775 London Rev. Eng. & Foreign Lit. Jan. 17 The affectation of some writers, and the altiloquence of others. 1808 J. Macdonald Treat. Telegr. Communication 59 Its elegant archaisms..containing an altisonant altiloquence. 1894 G. S. Layard Tennyson & Pre-Raphaelite Illustr. i. 11 Surely it would be better to speak to their fellows in the vernacular instead of with the pedantic altiloquence of the schools. 1918 G. J. Nathan Pop. Theatre iii. 52 The florid altiloquence which they mistake for fine writing. 1987 A. M. Patterson Pastoral Ideology iv. 206 In Theocritus it was the elements of rustic realism that Fontenelle despised; in Virgil the..indecorous altiloquence of the ‘Polio’ and the ‘Silenus’. 2005 R. D. Lewis Finland, Cultural Lone Wolf vi. 63 In the EU committees, Finnish common sense is an admirable antidote to Latin rhetoric and altiloquence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1603
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