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[syn: grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Grandiloquence \Gran*dil"o*quence\, n.
The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a
bad sense.
[1913 Webster]
The sin of grandiloquence or tall talking. --Thackeray,
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
grandiloquence
n 1: high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation;
"the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of
language" [syn: grandiosity, magniloquence,
ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric]