grandiloquence

  • 51grandiosity — noun high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation the grandiosity of his prose an excessive ornateness of language • Syn: ↑magniloquence, ↑ornateness, ↑grandiloquence, ↑rhetoric • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 52magniloquence — noun high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation the grandiosity of his prose an excessive ornateness of language • Syn: ↑grandiosity, ↑ornateness, ↑grandiloquence, ↑rhetoric • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 53ornateness — noun 1. an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated • Syn: ↑elaborateness • Derivationally related forms: ↑elaborate (for: ↑elaborateness) • Hypernyms: ↑appear …

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  • 54Magniloquence — Mag*nil o*quence, n. [L. magniloquentia.] The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 55magnific — adjective Etymology: Middle French magnifique, from Latin magnificus Date: 15th century 1. magnificent 2 2. imposing in size or dignity < a magnific temple > 3. a. sublime, exalted b. characterized by grandiloquence ; …

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  • 56resonant — adjective Date: 1592 1. continuing to sound ; echoing 2. a. capable of inducing resonance b. relating to or exhibiting resonance 3. a. intensified and enriched by or as if by resonance < a resonant voice > b. marked by grandiloquence • resonant …

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  • 57grandiloquent — adjective see grandiloquence …

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  • 58grandiloquently — adverb see grandiloquence …

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