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Grandiloquent

//ɡɹænˈdɪl.ə.kwənt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid.

    "The American people believe that they have a free country, and we are treated to grandiloquent speeches about our flag and our reputation for freedom and enlightenment."

Adjective
  1. 1
    puffed up with vanity wordnet
  2. 2
    lofty in style wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis (“great, full”) + loquēns, present participle of loquor (“I speak”). Compare eloquent.

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