English Explanatory Dictionary

magniloquent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Using pompous speech; speaking with deliberately long or esoteric words.

Word forms

magniloquent more magniloquent most magniloquent

Etymology

From post-Classical Latin magniloquens (“talkative, verbose”).

Synonyms

bombastic tumid grandiloquent pompous fustian lexiphanic

Related words

grandiloquent magnificat magniloquence splendiloquent

Derived words

magniloquently
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