grandiloquent
21grandiloquent — gran dil·o·quent || græn dɪlÉ™kwÉ™nt adj. pompous, excessively eloquent (of speech or writing) …
22grandiloquent — [gran dɪləkwənt] adjective pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner. Derivatives grandiloquence noun grandiloquently adverb Origin C16: from L. grandiloquus, lit. grand speaking ; the ending was alt. in Engl. by assoc. with eloquent …
23grandiloquent — a. Bombastic, turgid, tumid, swelling, inflated, stilted, pompous, declamatory, rhetorical, high sounding, high flown, altiloquent …
24grandiloquent — adjective formal using words that are too long and formal in order to sound important; pompous grandiloquence noun (U) …
25grandiloquent — adj bombastic, pompous, orotund, fustian, pretentious, ostentatious; magniloquent, Johnsonian, Ossianic. See bombastic(def1) …
26grandiloquent — gran·dil·o·quent …
27grandiloquent — UK [ɡrænˈdɪləkwənt] / US adjective formal expressed in extremely formal language in order to impress people, and often sounding silly because of this Derived word: grandiloquence noun uncountable …
28grandiloquent — /grænˈdɪləkwənt / (say gran diluhkwuhnt) adjective speaking or expressed in a lofty or pompous style; bombastic. –grandiloquently, adverb …
29grandiloquent — a. bombastic; using high sounding language. ♦ grandiloquence, n. ♦ grandiloquous, a …
30grandiloquent — adj. 1 pompous or inflated in language. 2 given to boastful talk. Derivatives: grandiloquence n. grandiloquently adv. Etymology: L grandiloquus (as GRAND, loquus speaking f. loqui speak), after eloquent etc …