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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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magniloquent

Adjective

(of speech) excessively grand, literary, and pompous [Latin magnus great + loqui to speak]

magniloquence n

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Adj.

1.

magniloquent - lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" grandiloquent, tall rhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery"