grandiloquismn.

Brit.

/ɡranˈdɪləkwɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ɡrænˈdɪləˌkwɪz(ə)m/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin grandiloquus , -ism suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin grandiloquus (see grandiloquent adj.) + -ism suffix. Compare earlier grandiloquence n., grandiloquy n., and grandiloquacity n., and compare also ventriloquism n.

The use of grandiloquent language; an instance of this.

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1816 Christian Observer Sept. 585/1 A richness and grandiloquism of expression which, to say the least of it, is fully as appropriate to the poet of Palestine as to the Bampton lecturer.

1836 Monthly Rev. Aug. 526 We must take his testimony with some caution... His grandiloquism proves too much.

1861 North Amer. Rev. 92 158 Grandiloquisms which would disgust a sensible Englishman.

1884 M. Westbrook Rachel DuMont 60 Uncle Cæse put on mos' too much ‘grandiloquism’ for ony a nigger, eben dough him is Missy Rachel's butler.

1979 Telegraph (Brisbane) 15 June 6/1 Is your discourse loaded with esoteric pejoratives, grandiloquisms and cacophemisms?

2005 New Yorker (Nexis) 25 Apr. 55/2 As I walked by the World Trade Center site..I reflected that I never used to take the ‘world’ in that name seriously. I thought it was a grandiloquism for ‘American’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grandiloquism
释义	grandiloquismn. Brit. /ɡranˈdɪləkwɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ɡrænˈdɪləˌkwɪz(ə)m/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin grandiloquus , -ism suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin grandiloquus (see grandiloquent adj.) + -ism suffix. Compare earlier grandiloquence n., grandiloquy n., and grandiloquacity n., and compare also ventriloquism n. The use of grandiloquent language; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1816 Christian Observer Sept. 585/1 A richness and grandiloquism of expression which, to say the least of it, is fully as appropriate to the poet of Palestine as to the Bampton lecturer. 1836 Monthly Rev. Aug. 526 We must take his testimony with some caution... His grandiloquism proves too much. 1861 North Amer. Rev. 92 158 Grandiloquisms which would disgust a sensible Englishman. 1884 M. Westbrook Rachel DuMont 60 Uncle Cæse put on mos' too much ‘grandiloquism’ for ony a nigger, eben dough him is Missy Rachel's butler. 1979 Telegraph (Brisbane) 15 June 6/1 Is your discourse loaded with esoteric pejoratives, grandiloquisms and cacophemisms? 2005 New Yorker (Nexis) 25 Apr. 55/2 As I walked by the World Trade Center site..I reflected that I never used to take the ‘world’ in that name seriously. I thought it was a grandiloquism for ‘American’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1816
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