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magniloquent

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Using pompous speech; speaking with deliberately long or esoteric words.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bombastic, tumid, grandiloquent, pompous

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

lofty in style

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grandiloquent, tall

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: високопарен (visokoparen) — speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic
  • French: grandiloquent — speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic
  • Hungarian: dagályos — speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic
  • Hungarian: fellengzős — speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic
  • Irish: mórfhoclach — speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic
  • Latin: magniloquens — speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic
  • Latin: magniloquus — speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic
  • Russian: высокопарно (vysokoparno) — speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic
  • Spanish: grandilocuente — speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic
  • Spanish: pomposo — speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic
  • Spanish: magnílocuo (disused) — speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic
  • Spanish: grandílocuo — speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic
  • Spanish: altílocuo — speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic
  • Spanish: altilocuente — speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic
  • Spanish: altisonante — speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic