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View synonyms for grandiloquence

grandiloquence

[ gran-dil-uh-kwuhns ]

noun

  1. speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of grandiloquence1

1580–90; < Latin grandiloqu ( us ) speaking loftily ( grandi ( s ) great + -loquus speaking) + -ence

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