grandiosityn.
/ˌɡrandɪˈɒsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌɡrændiˈɑsədi/ The quality of being grandiose; an instance of this.In quot. 1801 a deliberate Gallicism.
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magnificence1481
stateliness1550
sublimity1581
grandiloquence1589
sublimenessa1599
magniloquency1615
magniloquence1623
elevationa1639
rotundity1655
grandiloquy1656
magniloquy1656
grandeur1657
loftiness1663
magnificentness1727
altiloquence1775
grandiosity1801
grandioso1816
grandiloquent1829
ororotundity1831
ororotundoism1840
orotundity1909
1801 Monthly Mag. July 521/2 To disengage a multitude of saloons obstructed in all their dimensions, to distribute with grandiosity (avec grandiosité) a local till then miserably divided.
1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. vi. 573 There is..something of a grandiosity in the sentiments and language, which shows us that Shakspeare had not read that history without entering into its spirit.
a1891 J. R. Lowell Old Eng. Dramatists (1892) ii. 36 Marlowe..constantly pushes grandiosity to the verge of bombast.
1947 Life 8 Dec. 138/2 For all the outward luxury and grandiosity, the core was a substantial human understanding.
1993 Economist 21 Aug. (Nigeria Survey) 7/2 The general has also invented some of his own grandiosities such as a regal retirement villa in his home town.
2003 S. H. Barondes Better than Prozac 46 Patients with this illness have episodes of manic grandiosity and excitement, as well as episodes of depression.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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