English Explanatory Dictionary

altiloquent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pompous, or pretentious in speech

Word forms

altiloquent more altiloquent most altiloquent

Etymology

Pseudo-Latinism, derived from altē (“high; from on high”, adverb) + loquēns (“speaking; talking”, present active participle of loquor (“to say”)), literally “high-speaking”.

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