Grandiloquy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of grandiloquence. countable, uncountable

    "How highly their firſt God tranſcendenth our God the Creator, appeareth from the ſwelling nonſenſical Grandiloquies, which the Platoniſts of the Chriſtian Church derive from their School;"

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grandiloquence

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"How highly their firſt God tranſcendenth our God the Creator, appeareth from the ſwelling nonſenſical Grandiloquies, which the Platoniſts of the Chriſtian Church derive from their School;"

Etymology

Probably partly from post-classical Latin grandiloquium.

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