Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Grandiloquent \Gran*dil"o*quent\, a. [L. grandis grand + logui
to speak.]
Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grandiloquent
adj 1: lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one
never really realizes what he is saying" [syn:
{grandiloquent}, {magniloquent}, {tall}]
2: puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner";
"overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific
gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek [syn:
{grandiloquent}, {overblown}, {pompous}, {pontifical},
{portentous}]
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