magniloquentadj.

Brit.

/maɡˈnɪləkw(ə)nt/, U.S.

/mæɡˈnɪləkwənt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: magni- comb. form, -loquent comb. form.

Etymology: < magni- comb. form + -loquent comb. form, probably after magniloquence n.; compare post-classical Latin magniloquens talkative, verbose (c1180 in a British source). Compare slightly later grandiloquent adj.

Of a person: lofty, ambitious, or pompous in expression; grandiloquent. Hence of utterances, compositions, etc. Also (occasionally): boastful.

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

1640 A. Stafford Honour & Vertue 39 The Stoicall, Magniloquent Sect utterly excluded Humility.

1660 J. Gauden Κακουργοι 10 Really they are no other than imperious Hypocrites, magniloquent Montebanks.

1849 H. W. Longfellow Kavanagh xxi, in Wks. (1886) II. 345 A large basket, containing what the Squire..in Don Quixote, called his ‘fiambreras’,—that magniloquent Castilian word for cold collation.

1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. viii. 124 I read my verses aloud in as resonant and magniloquent a voice as I could command.

1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxiii. 222 She was a trifle more magniloquent than usual, and entertained us with stories of colonial governors and their ladies.

1891 T. R. Lounsbury Stud. Chaucer I. iv. 426 If he meant intentionally to describe so slight a performance in so magniloquent a manner.

1935 Amer. Mercury Aug. 400/1 A lawyer was imported from California, a magniloquent tear-jerker named Delphin Delmas.

1959 R. Lowell 91 Revere Street in Robert Lowell (1982) 12 He was..a little evasive and magniloquent.

1982 F. Donaldson P. G. Wodehouse i. iv. 85 Psmith..is elegant in appearance, imperturbable by nature, a magniloquent tease.

Derivatives

magˈniloquently adv.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adverb] > loftily or grandiloquently

loftily1548

loftly1598

tragically1602

magnificently1630

sublimely1631

grandiloquently1821

soundingly1843

magniloquently1849

largely1857

1849 Fraser's Mag. 40 12 So he, magniloquently, as was his wont [etc.].

1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Engineer, the engine-driver on our railroads is thus magniloquently designated.

1892 R. L. Stevenson Across Plains iii. 141 To finish a study and magniloquently ticket it a picture.

1932 C. A. Smith Door to Saturn in Lost Worlds (1944) 27 ‘I have been conversing with one of the gods of Cykranosh,’ he said magniloquently.

1982 ELH 49 353 Most twentieth-century readers..have been disconcerted..by Valentine's high-handed treatment of Silvia when he magniloquently renounces her to Proteus.

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

单词	magniloquent
释义	magniloquentadj. Brit. /maɡˈnɪləkw(ə)nt/, U.S. /mæɡˈnɪləkwənt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: magni- comb. form, -loquent comb. form. Etymology: < magni- comb. form + -loquent comb. form, probably after magniloquence n.; compare post-classical Latin magniloquens talkative, verbose (c1180 in a British source). Compare slightly later grandiloquent adj. Of a person: lofty, ambitious, or pompous in expression; grandiloquent. Hence of utterances, compositions, etc. Also (occasionally): boastful. 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 1640 A. Stafford Honour & Vertue 39 The Stoicall, Magniloquent Sect utterly excluded Humility. 1660 J. Gauden Κακουργοι 10 Really they are no other than imperious Hypocrites, magniloquent Montebanks. 1849 H. W. Longfellow Kavanagh xxi, in Wks. (1886) II. 345 A large basket, containing what the Squire..in Don Quixote, called his ‘fiambreras’,—that magniloquent Castilian word for cold collation. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. viii. 124 I read my verses aloud in as resonant and magniloquent a voice as I could command. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxiii. 222 She was a trifle more magniloquent than usual, and entertained us with stories of colonial governors and their ladies. 1891 T. R. Lounsbury Stud. Chaucer I. iv. 426 If he meant intentionally to describe so slight a performance in so magniloquent a manner. 1935 Amer. Mercury Aug. 400/1 A lawyer was imported from California, a magniloquent tear-jerker named Delphin Delmas. 1959 R. Lowell 91 Revere Street in Robert Lowell (1982) 12 He was..a little evasive and magniloquent. 1982 F. Donaldson P. G. Wodehouse i. iv. 85 Psmith..is elegant in appearance, imperturbable by nature, a magniloquent tease. Derivatives magˈniloquently adv. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adverb] > loftily or grandiloquently loftily1548 loftly1598 tragically1602 magnificently1630 sublimely1631 grandiloquently1821 soundingly1843 magniloquently1849 largely1857 1849 Fraser's Mag. 40 12 So he, magniloquently, as was his wont [etc.]. 1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Engineer, the engine-driver on our railroads is thus magniloquently designated. 1892 R. L. Stevenson Across Plains iii. 141 To finish a study and magniloquently ticket it a picture. 1932 C. A. Smith Door to Saturn in Lost Worlds (1944) 27 ‘I have been conversing with one of the gods of Cykranosh,’ he said magniloquently. 1982 ELH 49 353 Most twentieth-century readers..have been disconcerted..by Valentine's high-handed treatment of Silvia when he magniloquently renounces her to Proteus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1640
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