Hypertext Webster Gateway: "grandiloquent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Grandiloquent \Gran*dil"o*quent\, a. [L. grandis grand + logui
to speak.]
Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
grandiloquent
adj 1: lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never
really realizes what he is saying" [syn: {magniloquent},
{tall}]
2: puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful
manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech";
"pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"-
Newsweek [syn: {overblown}, {pompous}, {pontifical}, {portentous}]
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