单词 | grandiloquence |
释义 | grandiloquencen. Grandiloquent manner or quality; a high-flown, pompous, or exaggerated style of speech or writing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > loftiness or grandiloquence magnificence1481 stateliness1550 sublimity1581 grandiloquence1589 sublimenessa1599 magniloquency1615 magniloquence1623 elevationa1639 rotundity1655 grandiloquy1656 magniloquy1656 grandeur1657 loftiness1663 magnificentness1727 altiloquence1775 grandiosity1801 grandioso1816 grandiloquent1829 ororotundity1831 ororotundoism1840 orotundity1909 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. v. 125 And therefore of learned dutie asketh martiall grandiloquence. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1158 Her grandiloquence and stout resolutions in her speech [Fr. la constance & magnanimité d'elle en son parler]. 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I iii. x. 96 When it opens profound Mysteries, how far doth it excel the Grandiloquence of Plato? 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1773 I. 391 One cannot help smiling sometimes at his affected grandiloquence. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes v. 295 I find in Johnson's Books..a measured grandiloquence, stepping or rather stalking along in a very solemn way. 1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times III. xlvi. 411 Both the vagueness and the grandiloquence were doubtless deliberate. 1937 D. Thomas Let. c20 June (1987) 251 I'm afraid the last few words are a sorry come-down after the grandiloquence of my previous circumlocution. 1984 T. Mallon Bk. of One's Own (1985) i. 14 One can catch Woodforde slipping into a bit of grandiloquence when he reports someone's death, but a resolute plainness is more often his style. 2012 Vanity Fair Nov. 114/3 This sort of hideously embarrassing faux grandiloquence makes you seriously wonder about the [Michelin Guide] inspectors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1589 |
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