grandiosity
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation“the grandiosity of his prose”“an excessive ornateness of language”Synonyms: magniloquenceornatenessgrandiloquencerhetoric
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Grandiosity \Gran"di*os"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. grandiosit['e], It. grandiosit[`a].] The state or quality of being grandiose, [1913 Webster]