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Webster 1913 Edition


Grandiloquence

Gran-dil′o-quence

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Noun.
The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; – usually in a bad sense.
The sin of
grandiloquence
or tall talking.
Thackeray,

Webster 1828 Edition


Grandiloquence

GRANDIL'OQUENCE

,
Noun.
Lofty speaking; lofty expressions.

Definition 2024


grandiloquence

grandiloquence

English

Noun

grandiloquence (countable and uncountable, plural grandiloquences)

  1. lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing

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