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noun
The quality of being magniloquent
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Pompous discourse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: grandiloquence
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noun
high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: grandiosity, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expressive style, style
Narrower terms: flourish, bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah
History
From Latin magniloquentia.
