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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. lofty in style;
- Example: "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"
[syn: grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall]

2. puffed up with vanity;
- Example: "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"
- Example: "overblown oratory"
- Example: "a pompous speech"
- Example: "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
[syn: grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Grandiloquent \Gran*dil"o*quent\, a. [L. grandis grand + logui
   to speak.]
   Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

grandiloquent
    adj 1: lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one
           never really realizes what he is saying" [syn:
           grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall]
    2: puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner";
       "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific
       gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek [syn:
       grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical,
       portentous]