grandiloquousadj.

Brit.

/ɡranˈdɪləkwəs/, U.S.

/ɡrænˈdɪləkwəs/

Forms: 1500s 1700s– grandiloquous, 1600s grandiloquious.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin grandiloquus using a grand or lofty style, speaking in an arrogant tone ( < grandis grand adj. + -loquus speaking < loquī to speak: see loquent adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare grandiloquence n. and later grandiloquent adj. Compare Middle French, French grandiloque (1519; rare before 19th cent.).With the form grandiloquious compare -ious suffix.

Now rare.

= grandiloquent adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > lofty or grandiloquent

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1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 177 What grandiloquous Epithits..haue they bestowed.

1689 G. Harvey Art of curing Dis. by Expectation xxi. 175 The blazoning of their vertues are so grandiloquious.

1788 G. Berkeley Let. 19 Nov. in S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia (1789) 5 Johnson..lamented, in his grandiloquous style, that so pious and beneficent a design had not been concerted with more prudence.

1806 R. Southey in Ann. Rev. 4 60 His grandiloquous style often obscures..his meaning.

1898 Boston Daily Advertiser 21 Nov. 4/5 The comical effect is here almost always grandiloquous.

1916 Med. Rev. of Reviews 22 568/2 One of her younger brothers..wrote home a grandiloquous letter.

2004 D. J. Hawkin 21st Cent. confronts its Gods i. 27 Many would be less grandiloquous but make a similar point.

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

单词	grandiloquous
释义	grandiloquousadj. Brit. /ɡranˈdɪləkwəs/, U.S. /ɡrænˈdɪləkwəs/ Forms: 1500s 1700s– grandiloquous, 1600s grandiloquious. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin grandiloquus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin grandiloquus using a grand or lofty style, speaking in an arrogant tone ( < grandis grand adj. + -loquus speaking < loquī to speak: see loquent adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare grandiloquence n. and later grandiloquent adj. Compare Middle French, French grandiloque (1519; rare before 19th cent.).With the form grandiloquious compare -ious suffix. Now rare. = grandiloquent adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > lofty or grandiloquent magnificenta1460 statelya1525 magnifical1533 tragical1533 lofty1565 tragic1566 sublime1586 over-high1587 magnific1589 heroic1590 buskina1593 grandiloquous1593 full-mouthed1594 high-pitched1594 buskined1595 full-mouth1595 high-borne1596 altisonant1612 Roman1619 high-sounding1624 transcendent1631 magniloquent1640 loud1651 altiloquent1656 grandiloquent1656 largiloquent1656 altisonous1661 tall1670 elevate1673 grandisonous1674 sounding1683 exalted1684 grandisonant1684 grandific1727 magniloquous1727 orotund1799 superb1825 spread eagle1839 grandiose1840 magnisonanta1843 togated1868 elevated1875 mandarin1959 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 177 What grandiloquous Epithits..haue they bestowed. 1689 G. Harvey Art of curing Dis. by Expectation xxi. 175 The blazoning of their vertues are so grandiloquious. 1788 G. Berkeley Let. 19 Nov. in S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia (1789) 5 Johnson..lamented, in his grandiloquous style, that so pious and beneficent a design had not been concerted with more prudence. 1806 R. Southey in Ann. Rev. 4 60 His grandiloquous style often obscures..his meaning. 1898 Boston Daily Advertiser 21 Nov. 4/5 The comical effect is here almost always grandiloquous. 1916 Med. Rev. of Reviews 22 568/2 One of her younger brothers..wrote home a grandiloquous letter. 2004 D. J. Hawkin 21st Cent. confronts its Gods i. 27 Many would be less grandiloquous but make a similar point. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1593
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