grandiloquence

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grandiloquence

/ɡɹænˈdɪləkwəns/

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From Middle French grandiloquence, from Latin grandiloquentia, from grandiloquus, 1580s.

noun grandiloquences

countable, uncountable Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing.
Similar: grandiloquy, magniloquence, magniloquy

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noun lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing

Español	grandilocuencia
Português	grandiloquência
Français	grandiloquence
Русский	высокопарность vysokoparnostʹ

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@misc{grandiloquence_2026,
  title = {grandiloquence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grandiloquence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}