† grandisonousadj.

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin grandisonus pompous (5th cent.), loud-sounding (6th cent.; < classical Latin grandis grand adj. + -sonus sounding < sonus sound: see sound n.³) + -ous suffix. Compare grandisonant adj.

Obsolete.

= grandisonant adj.

ΘΚΠ

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

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1674 W. Petty Disc. before Royal Soc. Ep. Ded. sig. A11^v Grandisonous or Euphonical Nonsence.

1741 J. Parry True Anti-Pamela 274 When the Liquor was out, she behav'd in the most grandisonous manner imaginable, and order'd us all to our Kennels.

1810 J. Robinson Savage 143 Suppose, for example, that A. should attack B. with a threatening look and furious gesticulations, and B. should respond by a grandisonous explosion.

1870 G. Musgrave Ramble Brittany I. 107 The opera-house rejoicing in the grandisonous designation of L'Académie Impériale de la Musique.

1879 W. C. Bryant & H. S. Gay Pop. Hist. U.S. III. vi. 141 The projector of the new colony proposed to call it by the grandisonous title of the ‘Margravate of Azilia’.

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

单词	grandisonous
释义	† grandisonousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin grandisonus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin grandisonus pompous (5th cent.), loud-sounding (6th cent.; < classical Latin grandis grand adj. + -sonus sounding < sonus sound: see sound n.³) + -ous suffix. Compare grandisonant adj. Obsolete. = grandisonant 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 1674 W. Petty Disc. before Royal Soc. Ep. Ded. sig. A11^v Grandisonous or Euphonical Nonsence. 1741 J. Parry True Anti-Pamela 274 When the Liquor was out, she behav'd in the most grandisonous manner imaginable, and order'd us all to our Kennels. 1810 J. Robinson Savage 143 Suppose, for example, that A. should attack B. with a threatening look and furious gesticulations, and B. should respond by a grandisonous explosion. 1870 G. Musgrave Ramble Brittany I. 107 The opera-house rejoicing in the grandisonous designation of L'Académie Impériale de la Musique. 1879 W. C. Bryant & H. S. Gay Pop. Hist. U.S. III. vi. 141 The projector of the new colony proposed to call it by the grandisonous title of the ‘Margravate of Azilia’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1674
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