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grandiloquent

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gran·dil·o·quence  (grn-dl-kwns)
n.
Pompous or bombastic speech or expression.

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

gran·dilo·quent adj.
gran·dilo·quent·ly adv.

grandiloquent [grænˈdɪləkwənt]
adj
inflated, pompous, or bombastic in style or expression
[from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis great + loquī to speak]
grandiloquence  n
grandiloquently  adv
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Adj.1.grandiloquent - lofty in stylegrandiloquent - lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"
rhetorical - 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"- Newsweek
pretentious - 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.
Translations
grandiloquent [grænˈdɪləkwənt] ADJaltisonante, grandilocuente
grandiloquent [grænˈdɪləkwənt] adj [language] → grandiloquent(e)
grandiloquent
adj (form) language, style, speechhochtrabend; gestureübertrieben; descriptiongrandios


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