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单词 grandiloquy
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grandiloquyn.

Brit. /ɡranˈdɪləkwi/, U.S. /ɡrænˈdɪləkwi/
Forms: 1600s grandiloquie, 1600s– grandiloquy.
Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from Latin. Probably partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: Latin grandiloquium ; grandiloquence n.
Etymology: Probably partly < post-classical Latin grandiloquium loftiness of diction (5th cent.; < classical Latin grandiloquus (see grandiloquent adj.) + -ium : see -y suffix4), and partly (especially in later use) an alteration of grandiloquence n. after e.g. soliloquy n., obloquy n., ventriloquy n. and occasional formations such as ambiloquy n., magniloquy n., planiloquy n., stultiloquy n., etc. Compare also grandiloquism n., grandiloquacity n.
rare.
= grandiloquence 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
1656 W. S. Bullokar's Eng. Expositor (rev. ed.) Grandiloquy, high, lofty, big, speaking [sic].
1671 Medice Cura Teipsum 46 What I pray, notwithstanding his grandiloquy in the Senate-house, was that Great Pompey's end?
1850 M. Margoliouth Pilgr. Land of Fathers I. xiv. 140 If I should be betrayed, whilst writing about Marseilles, into similar grandiloquy.
2001 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 1 Feb. 16 Perhaps there is nothing beneath the grandiloquy. At best, apparently profound texts mean what they seem to mean, and sometimes much less.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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