noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The quality of being magniloquent countable, uncountable
2. 2
   high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation wordnet
3. 3
   Pompous discourse. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

grandiloquencefustianaffectationbig talkbombastconvolution

Etymology

From Latin magniloquentia.

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