grandiloquence

Noun
Synonyms: grandiositymagniloquenceornatenessrhetoric

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation“the grandiosity of his prose”“an excessive ornateness of language”Synonyms: grandiositymagniloquenceornatenessrhetoric
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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