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magniloquent

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mag⋅nil⋅o⋅quent

  [mag-nil-uh-kwuhnt]
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–adjective
speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
Origin:
1650–60; back formation from L magniloquentia elevated language, equiv. to magniloqu(us) speaking grandly (magni- magni- + loqu(ī) to speak + -us adj. suffix) + -entia -ence

Related forms:
mag⋅nil⋅o⋅quence, noun
mag⋅nil⋅o⋅quent⋅ly, adverb
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mag·nil·o·quent   (māg-nĭl'ə-kwənt)   
adj.  Lofty and extravagant in speech; grandiloquent.

[Back formation from magniloquence, grandiloquence, from Latin magniloquentia : magnus, great; see meg- in Indo-European roots + loquēns, loquent-, present participle of loquī, to speak; see tolkw- in Indo-European roots.]
mag·nil'o·quence n., mag·nil'o·quent·ly adv.
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Magniloquent

Mag*nil"o*quent\, a. [L. magnus great + loquens, -entis, p. pr. of loqui to speak. See Magnitude, Loquacious.] Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent. -- Mag*nil"o*quent*ly, adv.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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