grandiloquence

gran·dil·o·quence  (grn-dl-kwns)

n.

Pompous or bombastic speech or expression.

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

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gran·dilo·quent adj.

gran·dilo·quent·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

grandiloquence - high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language" grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric flourish - a display of ornamental speech or language expressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper" blah, bombast, claptrap, fustian, rant - pompous or pretentious talk or writing

Translations

grandiloquence [grænˈdɪləkwəns] N → altisonancia f, grandilocuencia f

grandiloquence

n (form, of language, speech, style) → hochtrabende Art; his grandiloquence → seine hochtrabende Art; (= words) → seine großtönenden Worte