grandiloquent

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Related terms 2 French 2.1 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin grandiloquus < grandis (“‘great, full’”) + loquor (“‘speak’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP, US) IPA: /gɹænˈdɪl.ə.kwənt/ SAMPA: /gr{n"dIl.@.kW@nt/
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[edit] Adjective

grandiloquent (comparative more grandiloquent, superlative most grandiloquent)

1. (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.

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[edit] Synonyms

• (overly wordy or elaborate): bombastic, extravagant, flowery, ostentatious, pretentious, sesquipedalian

[edit] Related terms

• grandiloquacity
• grandiloquence
• grandiloquism
• grandiloquous
• grandiloquoy
• magniloquent

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[edit] French

[edit] Adjective

grandiloquent m. (f. grandiloquente, m. plural grandiloquents, f. plural grandiloquentes)

1. grandiloquent