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gran⋅dil⋅o⋅quence

  [gran-dil-uh-kwuhns]
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–noun
speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
Origin:
1580–90; < L grandiloqu(us) speaking loftily (grandi(s) great + -loquus speaking) + -ence
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gran·dil·o·quence   (grān-dĭl'ə-kwəns)   
n.  Pompous or bombastic speech or expression.

[From grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus : grandis, great + loquī, to speak; see tolkw- in Indo-European roots.]
gran·dil'o·quent adj., gran·dil'o·quent·ly adv.
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grandiloquence 
1589, from L. grandiloquentia, from grandiloquus "using lofty speech," from grandis "big" + -loquus "speaking," from loqui "speak."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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