grandiloquyn.

Brit.

/ɡranˈdɪləkwi/, U.S.

/ɡrænˈdɪləkwi/

Forms: 1600s grandiloquie, 1600s– grandiloquy.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from Latin. Probably partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: Latin grandiloquium ; grandiloquence n.

Etymology: Probably partly < post-classical Latin grandiloquium loftiness of diction (5th cent.; < classical Latin grandiloquus (see grandiloquent adj.) + -ium : see -y suffix⁴), and partly (especially in later use) an alteration of grandiloquence n. after e.g. soliloquy n., obloquy n., ventriloquy n. and occasional formations such as ambiloquy n., magniloquy n., planiloquy n., stultiloquy n., etc. Compare also grandiloquism n., grandiloquacity n.

rare.

= grandiloquence n.

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

1656 W. S. Bullokar's Eng. Expositor (rev. ed.) Grandiloquy, high, lofty, big, speaking [sic].

1671 Medice Cura Teipsum 46 What I pray, notwithstanding his grandiloquy in the Senate-house, was that Great Pompey's end?

1850 M. Margoliouth Pilgr. Land of Fathers I. xiv. 140 If I should be betrayed, whilst writing about Marseilles, into similar grandiloquy.

2001 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 1 Feb. 16 Perhaps there is nothing beneath the grandiloquy. At best, apparently profound texts mean what they seem to mean, and sometimes much less.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grandiloquy
释义	grandiloquyn. Brit. /ɡranˈdɪləkwi/, U.S. /ɡrænˈdɪləkwi/ Forms: 1600s grandiloquie, 1600s– grandiloquy. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from Latin. Probably partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: Latin grandiloquium ; grandiloquence n. Etymology: Probably partly < post-classical Latin grandiloquium loftiness of diction (5th cent.; < classical Latin grandiloquus (see grandiloquent adj.) + -ium : see -y suffix⁴), and partly (especially in later use) an alteration of grandiloquence n. after e.g. soliloquy n., obloquy n., ventriloquy n. and occasional formations such as ambiloquy n., magniloquy n., planiloquy n., stultiloquy n., etc. Compare also grandiloquism n., grandiloquacity n. rare. = grandiloquence n. 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 1656 W. S. Bullokar's Eng. Expositor (rev. ed.) Grandiloquy, high, lofty, big, speaking [sic]. 1671 Medice Cura Teipsum 46 What I pray, notwithstanding his grandiloquy in the Senate-house, was that Great Pompey's end? 1850 M. Margoliouth Pilgr. Land of Fathers I. xiv. 140 If I should be betrayed, whilst writing about Marseilles, into similar grandiloquy. 2001 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 1 Feb. 16 Perhaps there is nothing beneath the grandiloquy. At best, apparently profound texts mean what they seem to mean, and sometimes much less. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1656
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