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adjective
- 1. pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner, especially in a way that is intended to impress: "a grandiloquent celebration of Spanish glory"
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A grandiloquent style or way of using language is complicated in order to attract admiration and attention, especially in order to make someone or something seem important: Her speech was full of grandiloquent language, but it contained no new ideas. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Exaggerating & playing down. bloviate.
: a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language. was urged to follow up his grandiloquence with positive action. grandiloquent. gran-ˈdi-lə-kwənt. adjective. grandiloquently adverb. Did you know?
A grandiloquent style or way of using language is complicated in order to attract admiration and attention, especially in order to make someone or something seem important:
The word grandiloquent generally refers to the way a person behaves or speaks. Politicians and schoolteachers are the usual suspects of this manner of behavior, known as grandiloquence, but it can refer to anything that's overbearing or pompous in style or manner.
Grandiloquent definition: speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.. See examples of GRANDILOQUENT used in a sentence.
adjective. Grandiloquent language or behaviour is very formal, literary, or exaggerated, and is used by people when they want to seem important. [formal, disapproval] She attacked her colleagues for indulging in 'grandiose and grandiloquent language'. Synonyms: pompous, inflated, rhetorical, high-flown More Synonyms of grandiloquent.
Definition of grandiloquent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
n. Pompous or bombastic speech or expression. [From grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus : grandis, great + loquī, to speak; see tolk w - in Indo-European roots .]
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word grandiloquent. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
a style or manner of speaking that uses complicated language in order to attract admiration and attention, especially in order to make someone or something seem important: His grandiloquence was a powerful weapon that he used to overcome rivals and enemies.
