grandiloquence

English

Etymology

From Latin grandiloquentia, from grandiloquus, 1580s.

Noun

grandiloquence (countable and uncountable, plural grandiloquences)

1. Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing.

   Synonym: magniloquence

Related terms

• grandiloquent
• grandiloquently

Translations

lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing

• Bulgarian: надутост (bg) f (nadutost), високопарност f (visokoparnost)
• Dutch: grootspraak (nl) m or f, bombast (nl) m, hoogdravendheid f
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• Finnish: sanahelinä (fi)