grandiosity

Noun
Synonyms: magniloquenceornatenessgrandiloquencerhetoric

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation“the grandiosity of his prose”“an excessive ornateness of language”Synonyms: magniloquenceornatenessgrandiloquencerhetoricType of expressive style, styleKinds bombast, flourish

Related words grandiloquent adjective

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Gran′di·os′i·ty noun

Origin: Cf. F. grandiosité, It. grandiosità.

The state or quality of being grandiose,

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

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