grandiloquent

Adjective
US[gran-dil-uh-kwuhnt]/ɡrænˈdɪləkwənt/4 syllables
Synonyms: magniloquenttalloverblownpompouspontificalportentous

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. lofty in style“he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying”Synonyms: magniloquenttallOpposite unrhetoricalSimilar rhetorical
  2. puffed up with vanity“a grandiloquent and boastful manner”“overblown oratory”“a pompous speech”“pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey — Newsweek”Synonyms: overblownpompouspontificalportentousOpposite unpretentiousSimilar pretentious

Related words grandiosity noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Gran·dil′o·quent adjective

Origin: L. grandis grand + logui to speak.

Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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