grandiloquence
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gran·dil·o·quence
(grăn-dĭl′ə-kwəns)n.
Pompous or bombastic speech or expression.
[From grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus : grandis, great + loquī, to speak; see tolkw- in Indo-European roots.]
gran·dil′o·quent adj.
gran·dil′o·quent·ly adv.
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gran•dil•o•quence
(grænˈdɪl ə kwəns)n.
speech that is lofty in tone and often pompous or bombastic.
[1580–90; < Latin grandiloqu(us) speaking loftily (grandi(s) great + -loquus speaking) + -ence]
gran•dil′o•quent, adj.
gran•dil′o•quent•ly, adv.
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Noun | 1. | grandiloquence - high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language" 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" |
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grandiloquence
nounPretentious, pompous speech or writing:
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grandiloquence
n (form, of language, speech, style) → hochtrabende Art; his grandiloquence → seine hochtrabende Art; (= words) → seine großtönenden Worte
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