About The Word Magniloquent
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Magniloquent
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What's The Definition Of Magniloquent?
[adj] lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Magniloquent: grandiloquent | rhetorical | tall Related Terms | Find terms related to Magniloquent: See Also | Magniloquent In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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