Grandiloquise
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of grandiloquize. UK, alt-of, nonstandard
"In announcing the arrival of the French Sovereigns in England, the leading journal thus grandiloquises:—“So has come to pass one of those extraordinary occurrences which constitute the romance of history, and which divide the interest of mankind with the more useful philosophic generalisations to which, indeed, they often give the chief direction and clue.”"
Example
More examples"In announcing the arrival of the French Sovereigns in England, the leading journal thus grandiloquises:—“So has come to pass one of those extraordinary occurrences which constitute the romance of history, and which divide the interest of mankind with the more useful philosophic generalisations to which, indeed, they often give the chief direction and clue.”"
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