high-flown+language
111grandiose — grandiosely, adv. grandioseness, grandiosity /gran dee os i tee/, n. /gran dee ohs /, adj. 1. affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words. 2. more complicated or elaborate than necessary; overblown: a grandiose scheme. 3. grand in an… …
112sonorous — sonorously, adv. sonorousness, n. /seuh nawr euhs, nohr , son euhr euhs/, adj. 1. giving out or capable of giving out a sound, esp. a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place: a sonorous cavern. 2. loud, deep, or resonant, as a sound. 3. rich… …
113Henry Augustus Rawes — Henry Augustus Rawes † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Henry Augustus Rawes Oblate of St. Charles, hymn writer and preacher, b. at Easington near Durham, England, 11 Dec., 1826; d. at Brighton, 24 April, 1885. Educated at the grammar school,… …
114Bei Dao — b. 1949, Beijing Poet Several times nominated for the Nobel Prize for literature, Bei Dao is best known as a founder of Misty poetry (Menglong shi) and co founder of the dissident literary magazine Today (Jintian) which appeared during the brief… …
115Fiesco (play) — Fiesco (full title Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua, or Fiesco s Conspiracy at Genoa) is the second full length drama written by the German playwright Friedrich Schiller. It is a republican tragedy based on the historical conspiracy of… …
116magniloquent — [mag nɪləkwənt] adjective using high flown or bombastic language. Derivatives magniloquence noun magniloquently adverb …
117euphuism — n. 1. Purism, finical style, fastidious delicacy (in the use of language), affected elegance. 2. High flown diction, pompous style, extravagantly ornate diction …
118ornate — adjective 1) an ornate mirror Syn: elaborate, decorated, embellished, adorned, ornamented, fancy, fussy, ostentatious, showy; informal flash, flashy Ant: unadorned 2) ornate language …
119speech — 1 *language, tongue, dialect, idiom 2 Speech, address, oration, harangue, lecture, talk, sermon, homily designate a discourse delivered to an audience. Speech can apply to a public discourse irrespective of its quality or its degree of… …
120flowery — adj 1. flower covered, blooming, bloomy, blossomy, blossoming; flowering, floral, florescent, efflorescent, floriferous; floriated. 2.(usu. of language) ornate, florid, high flown, euphuistic, showy, elaborate; figurative, highly wrought,… …
