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grandiloquent

[gran-dil-uh-kwuhnt]

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adjective

speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.

Origin:
1585–95; grandiloqu(ence) + -ent

Related forms

gran·dil·o·quent·ly, adverb

Synonyms
turgid, inflated, rhetorical, pretentious.

Antonyms
simple, sincere.

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Yet its grandiloquent style can also seem contrived.

Coming from the mouth of a convicted murderer, that's a rather grandiloquent pronouncement.

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grandiloquent (ɡrænˈdɪləkwənt)

—*adj*
	inflated, pompous, or bombastic in style or expression

[C16: from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis great + loquī to speak]

gran'diloquence

—n

gran'diloquently

—*adv*

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