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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

magnus

great +

loquens

-entis

, p. pr. of

loqui

to speak. See

Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.

–

Mag-nil′o-quent-ly

adv.

magniloquent ‎(comparative more magniloquent, superlative most magniloquent)

speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic