a. [ L. grandificus; grandis grand + facere to make. ] Making great. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense. [ 1913 Webster ]
The sin of grandiloquence or tall talking. Thackeray, [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. grandis grand + logui to speak. ] Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. grandiloquus; grandis grand + loqui to apeak. ] Grandiloquent. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. grandinosus, fr. qrando, grandinis, hail. ] Consisting of hail; abounding in hail. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. grandiose, It. grandioso. See Grand. ]
The tone of the parts was to be perpetually kept down in order not to impair the grandiose effect of the whole. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]
The grandiose red tulips which grow wild. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. grandiosité, It. grandiosità. ] The state or quality of being grandiose, [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. granditas: cf. OF. granité. See Grand. ] Grandness. [ Obs. ] Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]