magniloquent en · ADJ
Etymology
From post-Classical Latin magniloquens (“talkative, verbose”).
Meanings
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Using pompous speech; speaking with deliberately long or esoteric words.
The sermonizer, said Dwight [Macdonald], was guilty of "puerile, stupid twaddle" and seemed to have "a remarkable power of hypnotizing himself with magniloquent platitudes."
2012, David Skinner, The Story of Ain't: America, Its Language, and the Most Controversial Dictionary Ever Published, HarperCollins, page 40:There is no doubt that the ordinary reader would enjoy, and he certainly would profit much by, a revival of the classic work—if only he did not fall asleep over its magniloquent but perissological otiosity.
1908, Charles Francis Horne, The Technique of the Novel, page 126:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more magniloquent | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most magniloquent | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
magnificat · magniloquence · grandiloquent · splendiloquent
Synonyms
lexiphanic · tumid · fustian · pompous · grandiloquent · bombastic
Translations (18)
pl napuszony (speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic) · ru высокопарно (speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic) · es altilocuente (speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic) · hu fellengzős (speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic) · es grandilocuente (speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic) · la magniloquus (speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic) · la magniloquens (speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic) · es altisonante (speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic) · pl pompatyczny (speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic) · es grandílocuo (speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic) · ga mórfhoclach (speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic) · es pomposo (speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic) · es altílocuo (speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic) · bg високопарен (speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic) · es magnílocuo (disused) (speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic) · pl chełpliwy (speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic) · fr grandiloquent (speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic) · hu dagályos (speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic)