magniloquence

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin magniloquentia.[1]

Noun[edit]

magniloquence (countable and uncountable, plural magniloquences)

  1. The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse.
    Synonym: grandiloquence

References[edit]

  1. ^ magniloquence, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.