Magniloquence

mag·nil·o·quent  (mg-nl-kwnt)

adj.

Lofty and extravagant in speech; grandiloquent.

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[Back formation from magniloquence, grandiloquence, from Latin magniloquentia : magnus, great; see meg- in Indo-European roots + loquns, loquent-, present participle of loqu, to speak; see tolk^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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mag·nilo·quence n.

mag·nilo·quent·ly adv.

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Noun

1.

magniloquence - high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language" grandiloquence, grandiosity, 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