magniloquence

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mag·nil·o·quent

(măg-nĭl′ə-kwənt)

adj.

Lofty and extravagant in speech; grandiloquent.

[Back formation from magniloquence, grandiloquence, from Latin magniloquentia : magnus, great; see meg- in Indo-European roots + loquēns, loquent-, present participle of loquī, to speak; see tolk^w- in Indo-European roots.]

mag·nil′o·quence n.

mag·nil′o·quent·ly adv.

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Noun

magniloquence - high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language"

grandiloquence, grandiosity, ornateness, rhetoric

flourish - a display of ornamental speech or language

expressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"

blah, bombast, claptrap, fustian, rant - pompous or pretentious talk or writing

magniloquence

noun

Pretentious, pompous speech or writing:

bombast, claptrap, fustian, grandiloquence, orotundity, rant, turgidity.

Translations

magniloquenza

magniloquence

n (liter) → Wortgewalt f (liter)

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