grandiloquence

gran·dil·o·quence

G0224700 (grăn-dĭl′ə-kwəns)n. Pompous or bombastic speech or expression.

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[From grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus : grandis, great + loquī, to speak; see tolk^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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gran·dil′o·quent adj.gran·dil′o·quent·ly adv.

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

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grandiloquence - high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language"grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoricflourish - a display of ornamental speech or languageexpressive 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"blah, bombast, claptrap, fustian, rant - pompous or pretentious talk or writing

grandiloquence

nounPretentious, pompous speech or writing:bombast, claptrap, fustian, magniloquence, orotundity, rant, turgidity.

Translations

magniloquenza