magniloquencen.

Brit.

/maɡˈnɪləkw(ə)ns/, U.S.

/mæɡˈnɪləkwəns/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin magniloquentia.

Etymology: < classical Latin magniloquentia exalted or pompous language < magniloquus grandiloquent, boastful ( < magni- magni- comb. form + -loquus < loquī to speak: see loquent adj.) + -entia -ence suffix. French magniloquence is recorded only from 1834 onwards. Compare earlier magniloquency n. and grandiloquence n.

The quality of being magniloquent; loftiness or pomposity of speech or expression.

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

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Magniloquence, proud speeches.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Magniloquence,..a lofty manner of speaking, or a discourse of great matters.

a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 65 He [sc. Buckingham] magnified himself to serve the King, who did not foresee the envy that his magniloquence bred.

1713 R. Bentley Remarks Disc. Free-thinking II. xliv. 28 And our Author might have seen, how all the Sects ridiculed this Magniloquence of Epicurus.

1859 I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 179 We must discharge a mass of magniloquence and affectation.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xviii. 455 Cibber..foisted his own bombast into the company of Shakespeare's magniloquence.

1872 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David III. Ps. lxxiii. 8 Their language is colossal, their magniloquence ridiculous.

1922 Mod. Lang. Notes 37 79 The direct influence of Fergusson was hardly in proportion to the magniloquence of Burns's phraseology.

1991 R. W. B. Lewis Jameses i. i. 6 The examples of his public discourse, which we shall look at, display a kind of unwarmed magniloquence.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	magniloquence
释义	magniloquencen. Brit. /maɡˈnɪləkw(ə)ns/, U.S. /mæɡˈnɪləkwəns/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin magniloquentia. Etymology: < classical Latin magniloquentia exalted or pompous language < magniloquus grandiloquent, boastful ( < magni- magni- comb. form + -loquus < loquī to speak: see loquent adj.) + -entia -ence suffix. French magniloquence is recorded only from 1834 onwards. Compare earlier magniloquency n. and grandiloquence n. The quality of being magniloquent; loftiness or pomposity of speech or expression. 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 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Magniloquence, proud speeches. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Magniloquence,..a lofty manner of speaking, or a discourse of great matters. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 65 He [sc. Buckingham] magnified himself to serve the King, who did not foresee the envy that his magniloquence bred. 1713 R. Bentley Remarks Disc. Free-thinking II. xliv. 28 And our Author might have seen, how all the Sects ridiculed this Magniloquence of Epicurus. 1859 I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 179 We must discharge a mass of magniloquence and affectation. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xviii. 455 Cibber..foisted his own bombast into the company of Shakespeare's magniloquence. 1872 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David III. Ps. lxxiii. 8 Their language is colossal, their magniloquence ridiculous. 1922 Mod. Lang. Notes 37 79 The direct influence of Fergusson was hardly in proportion to the magniloquence of Burns's phraseology. 1991 R. W. B. Lewis Jameses i. i. 6 The examples of his public discourse, which we shall look at, display a kind of unwarmed magniloquence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623
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