What does "magniloquent" mean?

Using pompous speech; speaking with deliberately long or esoteric words.

What is a synonym for "magniloquent"?

Common synonyms include: affected, bedizened, bombastic, declamatory, elevated, flamboyant.

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Adjective

1
Using pompous speech; speaking with deliberately long or esoteric words.
"There is no doubt that the ordinary reader would enjoy, and he certainly would profit much by, a revival of the classic work—if only he did not fall asleep over its magniloquent but perissological otiosity."

Adjective

"I don't doubt he's very smart, nevertheless he's very boastful and magniloquent."

From post-Classical Latin magniloquens (“talkative, verbose”).

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