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Grandiloquence

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French grandiloquence, from Latin grandiloquentia, from grandiloquus, 1580s.

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