Dictionary

grandiloquence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɡɹænˈdɪləkwəns/

Etymology

From Middle French grandiloquence, from Latin grandiloquentia, from grandiloquus, 1580s.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing.

Forms

Relateds

grandiloquent · tushery · grandiloquently

Synonyms

grandiloquy · magniloquence · magniloquy

Translations (13)

nl grootspraak (lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing) · pl górnolotność (lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing) · pl grandilokwencja (lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing) · nl bombast (lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing) · fr grandiloquence (lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing) · es grandilocuencia (lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing) · ru высокопарность (lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing) · nl hoogdravendheid (lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing) · bg надутост (lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing) · pt grandiloquência (lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing) · ca grandiloqüència (lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing) · bg високопарност (lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing) · fi sanahelinä (lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing)