† magniloquencyn.
Obsolete. rare.
= magniloquence n.
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magnificence1481
stateliness1550
sublimity1581
grandiloquence1589
sublimenessa1599
magniloquency1615
magniloquence1623
elevationa1639
rotundity1655
grandiloquy1656
magniloquy1656
grandeur1657
loftiness1663
magnificentness1727
altiloquence1775
grandiosity1801
grandioso1816
grandiloquent1829
ororotundity1831
ororotundoism1840
orotundity1909
1615 A. Stafford Heavenly Dogge 38 Neyther was this onely Stoicall Magniloquency: hee did the great things he spake.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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