Grandiloquence
noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing. countable, uncountable
- 2 high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation wordnet
Example
More examples"Mary was always careful to never stop short of excessive grandiloquence when a simple "Yes that was quite nice" would have quite sufficed."
Etymology
From Middle French grandiloquence, from Latin grandiloquentia, from grandiloquus, 1580s.