| 单词 | magniloquent |
| 释义 | magniloquent (once / 34866 pages) adj If you want to impress people, you might try using magniloquent language. That is, fancy and flowery language. For instance, you could use the word magniloquent, which come to think of it, is a magniloquent word itself. Magniloquent may remind you of the word eloquent, which describes a way of speaking that is articulate, persuasive, and carefully chosen. Magniloquent shares the Latin root loqui, “speak,” with eloquent and also describes a way of speaking. However, magniloquent describes speech that sounds very intelligent and important, but may in fact have little substance. Another adjective that sounds similar and conveys the same meaning is grandiloquent. Other synonyms include bombastic, pompous, and highfalutin. WORD FAMILYmagniloquent: magniloquence, magniloquently USAGE EXAMPLESThere should absolutely be no magniloquent attempt at perspicacity. Washington Post(Mar 01, 2016) There is almost equal truth in the magniloquent eulogies of his admirers, as in the impassioned invectives of his enemies. Various, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol...(2011) This was the same Beverley Temple of twenty-five years ago, only a little more magniloquent than ever and a little more under Mrs. Temple’s thumb. Seawell, Molly Elliot, Throckmorton(2011) adj lofty in style Syn grandiloquent, tall rhetorical given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought |
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