Splendiloquent
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Splendid.
"After a long absence, D—— returned with a still longer face, and, after some hesitation, informed us that the whole of our baggage, including S——'s splendiloquent Scheidam, on whose restorative powers we had so much reckoned, was lost : so that we were obliged to content ourselves, after all, with the ration-biscuit D—— carried in his haversack, and the water we had in our canteens."
- 2 Splendidly eloquent.
"Aid me now and forever Ye Juxtapositional Muses! And especially Tusa, splendiloquent Dinneen! hero of the fortuitous, commander of the unlikely, first citizen of the joyous lexical state!"
Example
More examples"After a long absence, D—— returned with a still longer face, and, after some hesitation, informed us that the whole of our baggage, including S——'s splendiloquent Scheidam, on whose restorative powers we had so much reckoned, was lost : so that we were obliged to content ourselves, after all, with the ration-biscuit D—— carried in his haversack, and the water we had in our canteens."
Etymology
Blend of splendid + eloquent, probably modelled after grandiloquent and magniloquent. First attested in 1848.
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