grandeur
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dʒər, -dʒʊər noun
1.
the quality or state of being impressive or awesome: the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains.
2.
the quality or state of being lofty or elevated in conception or treatment: the grandeur of a prose style.
3.
the quality or state of being exalted in some deliberate way: the grandeur of a royal court.
4.
an instance of something that is grand: the grandeurs of Rembrandt's paintings.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | personal greatness, esp when based on dignity, character, or accomplishments |
| 2. | magnificence; splendour |
| 3. | pretentious or bombastic behaviour |
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Word Origin & History
grandeur
c.1500, "loftiness, height," from M.Fr. grandeur "grandness, greatness," from O.Fr. grand "great." Extended sense of "majesty, stateliness" is first recorded 1669.
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Example sentences
Certainly a great backdrop tree, it provides good screening and a sense of grandeur to any garden.
Nobody has to renounce anything or suffer more than temporarily-in other words, grandeur is out.
But the tax base can no longer support such grandeur.
Somehow the pictures never quite capture the grandeur of the experience.
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