Definition of GRANDILOQUENT

grandiloquent

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • lofty in style
  • puffed up with vanity; ; ; ; - Newsweek
    • "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"

Adj

  • Given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle French grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis (“great, full”) + loquēns, present participle of loquor (“I speak”). Compare eloquent.

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