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单词 magniloquent
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Definition of magniloquent in English:

magniloquent

adjective maɡˈnɪləkwəntmæɡˈnɪləkwənt
  • Using high-flown or bombastic language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I had no idea ‘If you will ‘was supposed to be a magniloquent term in the 2000s, according to Fleming.
    • In short, this Budget, which did not correspond with the magniloquent speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, could not stand.
    • Mrs. Samuel Smith, an American lady, known to my cousin, asked for my accompaniment to a magniloquent lecture the other evening.
    Synonyms
    grandiloquent, high-sounding, high-flown, lofty, heroic, grandiose, ornate, pompous, pretentious, bombastic, overblown, overripe, rhetorical, oratorical, orotund, declamatory, sonorous, rotund, stilted, turgid, boastful, bragging, braggart, Falstaffian
    informal highfalutin
    rare fustian

Derivatives

  • magniloquently

  • adverbmaɡˈnɪləkwəntlimæɡˈnɪləkwəntli
    • Written in magniloquently Gothic letters of gold leaf, the composer's name on the portrait above his left shoulder recalls the style of the escutcheons of the knights of the Golden Fleece.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin magniloquus (from magnus 'great' + -loquus '-speaking') + -ent.

Rhymes

grandiloquent
 
 

Definition of magniloquent in US English:

magniloquent

adjectivemæɡˈnɪləkwəntmaɡˈniləkwənt
  • Using high-flown or bombastic language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mrs. Samuel Smith, an American lady, known to my cousin, asked for my accompaniment to a magniloquent lecture the other evening.
    • In short, this Budget, which did not correspond with the magniloquent speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, could not stand.
    • I had no idea ‘If you will ‘was supposed to be a magniloquent term in the 2000s, according to Fleming.
    Synonyms
    grandiloquent, high-sounding, high-flown, lofty, heroic, grandiose, ornate, pompous, pretentious, bombastic, overblown, overripe, rhetorical, oratorical, orotund, declamatory, sonorous, rotund, stilted, turgid, boastful, bragging, braggart, falstaffian

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin magniloquus (from magnus ‘great’ + -loquus ‘-speaking’) + -ent.

 
 
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