English

Adjective

grandiloquent ‎(comparative more grandiloquent, superlative most grandiloquent)

1. (of a person, their language or writing) given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive amount of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid

• 1898, William Graham Sumner, “The Conquest of the United States by Spain”, in War and Other Essays, Yale, published 1911, page 324:

  The American people believe that they have a free country, and we are treated to grandiloquent speeches about our flag and our reputation for freedom and enlightenment.

Translations

Synonyms

• (overly wordy or elaborate): bombastic, extravagant, flowery, ostentatious, pretentious, sesquipedalian

Related terms

• grandiloquacity
• grandiloquence
• grandiloquism
• grandiloquous
• grandiloquoy
• magniloquent

French

Adjective

grandiloquent m ‎(feminine singular grandiloquente, masculine plural grandiloquents, feminine plural grandiloquentes)

1. grandiloquent