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单词 grandiloquent
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
gran•dil•o•quent  (gran dilə kwənt),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • grandiloqu(ence) + -ent 1585–95
gran•dilo•quent•ly, adv. 
    turgid, inflated, rhetorical, pretentious.
    simple, sincere.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
grandiloquent /ɡrænˈdɪləkwənt/ adj
  1. inflated, pompous, or bombastic in style or expression
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis great + loquī to speak

granˈdiloquence n granˈdiloquently adv
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
gran•dil•o•quence /grænˈdɪləkwəns/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. speech that is overly obscure, lofty, or pompous in tone.
gran•dil•o•quent, adj. See -loq-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
gran•dil•o•quence  (gran dilə kwəns),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • Latin grandiloqu(us) speaking loftily (grandi(s) great + -loquus speaking) + -ence
  • 1580–90

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