Grandiloquence Definition & Meaning

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Grandiloquence

Grandiloquence Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Grandiloquence? [n] high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation Synonyms \| Synonyms for Grandiloquence: grandiosity \| magniloquence \| rhetoric Related Terms \| Find terms related to Grandiloquence: affectation \| aggrandizement \| amplification \| ballyhoo \| big talk \| blowing up \| burlesque \| caricature \| command of language \| dilatation \| dilation \| enhancement \| enlargement \| exaggerating \| exaggeration \| excess \| exorbitance \| expansion \| expression of ideas \| extravagance \| extreme \| fashion \| feeling for words \| form of speech \| grace of expression \| hard word \| heightening \| huckstering \| hyperbole \| hyperbolism \| inflation \| inordinacy \| jawbreaker \| lexiphanicism \| literary style \| long word \| magnification \| manner \| manner of speaking \| mannerism \| mode \| mode of expression \| orotundity \| overemphasis \| overestimation \| overkill \| overstatement \| peculiarity \| personal style \| polysyllable \| pomposity \| pompousness \| pontificality \| pontification \| prodigality \| profuseness \| puffery \| puffing up \| rhetoric \| self-importance \| sensationalism \| sense of language \| sesquipedalian \| strain \| stretching \| stuffiness \| style \| stylistic analysis \| stylistics \| superlative \| tall talk \| the grand style \| the plain style \| the sublime \| touting \| travesty \| trick \| turgidity \| vein \| way See Also \| blah \| bombast \| claptrap \| expressive style \| flourish \| fustian \| rant \| style Grandiloquence In Webster's Dictionary \Grandil"oquence\, n. The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense. The sin of grandiloquence or tall talking. --Thackeray,

Grandiloquence Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Grandiloquence?

[n] high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation

Synonyms | Synonyms for Grandiloquence: grandiosity | magniloquence | rhetoric

Grandiloquence In Webster's Dictionary

\Gran*dil"o*quence\, n.
The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a
bad sense.

      The sin of grandiloquence or tall talking. --Thackeray,

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