About The Word Grandiloquent

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Grandiloquent

Grandiloquent Meaning & Definition
Grandiloquent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Grandiloquent?

[adj] puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
[adj] lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Grandiloquent: magniloquent | overblown | pompous | pontifical | portentous | pretentious | rhetorical | tall

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Grandiloquent In Webster's Dictionary

\Gran*dil"o*quent\, a. [L. grandis grand + logui to speak.] Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.

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