Vaniloquence

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Idle or vain talk. uncountable

    "In philosophy, however, it is to be deplored that eloquence too commonly passes for science, being mistaken for logical acquirement; but truth alone is the just eloquence of philosophy, and without it the finest composition is, to the logician, but babbling and vaniloquence."

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vaniloquy

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"In philosophy, however, it is to be deplored that eloquence too commonly passes for science, being mistaken for logical acquirement; but truth alone is the just eloquence of philosophy, and without it the finest composition is, to the logician, but babbling and vaniloquence."

Etymology

From Latin vanus (“vain”) + loquentia (“talk”).

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