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grandiloquence::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric |
| Type of | expressive style, style |
| Has types | claptrap, blah, fustian, rant, flourish, bombast |
| Derivation | grandiloquent |
Examples of grandiloquence
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It's no longer the dark arts of grandiloquence that obscure our politicians'thinking.
From the online.wsj.com
And we'll find out about more than Mr Gingrich's inane grandiloquence.
From the economist.com
Despite a Teutonic tendency to grandiloquence and repetition, Sajer is brutally effective.
From the time.com
He puffs out his chest and rocks a bit, his voice ebbing and flowing with oratory grandiloquence.
From the movies.nytimes.com
Grandiloquence is an occupational hazard for a solo musician.
From the washingtonpost.com
This year's collection moves Madame Potok to grandiloquence.
From the time.com
I don't want to spoil the party, but I'm sure the rewards are great enough without such grandiloquence.
From the guardian.co.uk
Now the challenge is to avoid the welter of grandiloquence and rule-bending that undermined so many previous schemes.
From the economist.com
For all the grandiloquence, however, there is no hiding that last week's meeting did little to promote free trade.
From the economist.com
- Grandiosity: high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language"
- (grandiloquent) lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"
- (grandiloquent) puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
- Grandiloquence is speech or writing marked by pompous or bombastic diction. It is a combination of the Latin words grandis ("great") and loqui ("to speak").
- (grandiloquent) overly wordy, pompous, flowery, or elaborate
- (n.) lofty, pompous language (The student thought her grandiloquence would make her sound smart, but neither the class nor the teacher bought it.)
- The use of pompous, bombastic words and expressions (see magniloquent & orotund)
