grandiloquent

gran·dil·o·quence

G0224700 (grăn-dĭl′ə-kwəns)n. Pompous or bombastic speech or expression.

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[From grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus : grandis, great + loquī, to speak; see tolk^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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gran·dil′o·quent adj.gran·dil′o·quent·ly adv.

grandiloquent

(ɡrænˈdɪləkwənt) adjinflated, pompous, or bombastic in style or expression[C16: from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis great + loquī to speak] granˈdiloquence n granˈdiloquently adv

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Adj.	1.	grandiloquent - lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"magniloquent, tallrhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery"
	2.	grandiloquent - puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweekoverblown, pompous, pontifical, portentouspretentious - making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"

grandiloquent

adjective pompous, inflated, rhetorical, high-flown, pretentious, flowery, bombastic, high-sounding, fustian, orotund She attacked her colleagues for indulging in 'grandiloquent' language.

grandiloquent

adjectiveCharacterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style:aureate, bombastic, declamatory, flowery, fustian, high-flown, high-sounding, magniloquent, orotund, overblown, rhetorical, sonorous, swollen.

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