grandiloquent
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin grandiloquus < grandis (“‘great, full’”) + loquor (“‘speak’”)
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grandiloquent (comparative more grandiloquent, superlative most grandiloquent)
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- (of a person, their language or writing) overly wordy, pompous, flowery, or elaborate.
- 1898, William Graham Sumner, “The Conquest of the United States by Spain”, in War and Other Essays, Yale, published 1911, page 324:
- The American people believe that they have a free country, and we are treated to grandiloquent speeches about our flag and our reputation for freedom and enlightenment.
- 1898, William Graham Sumner, “The Conquest of the United States by Spain”, in War and Other Essays, Yale, published 1911, page 324:
[edit] Translations
overly wordy or elaborate
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[edit] Synonyms
- (overly wordy or elaborate): bombastic, extravagant, flowery, ostentatious, pretentious, sesquipedalian
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grandiloquent m. (f. grandiloquente, m. plural grandiloquents, f. plural grandiloquentes)