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noun
The state of being grandiose (pompous or pretentious).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expressive style, style
Narrower terms: flourish, bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah
History
Etymology tree English grandiose Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English grandiosity From grandiose + -ity.
Across languages
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