magniloquent

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magniloquent

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From post-Classical Latin magniloquens (“talkative, verbose”).

adjective more magniloquent · most magniloquent

Using pompous speech; speaking with deliberately long or esoteric words. There is no doubt that the ordinary reader would enjoy, and he certainly would profit much by, a revival of the classic work—if only he did not fall asleep over its magniloquent but perissological otiosity.
Similar: bombastic, tumid, grandiloquent, pompous, fustian, lexiphanic

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adj speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic

Español	grandilocuente, pomposo, magnílocuo (disused), grandílocuo, altílocuo, altilocuente
Français	grandiloquent
Русский	высокопарно vysokoparno

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@misc{magniloquent_2026,
  title = {magniloquent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/magniloquent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}