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grandiloquent

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gran⋅dil⋅o⋅quent

  [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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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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