English Explanatory Dictionary

grandiloquence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing.

Word forms

grandiloquence grandiloquences

Etymology

From Middle French grandiloquence, from Latin grandiloquentia, from grandiloquus, 1580s.

Synonyms

grandiloquy magniloquence magniloquy

Related words

grandiloquent grandiloquently tushery
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