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1. (n.) grandiloquence
speech that is lofty in tone and often pompous or bombastic.
Etymology: (1580–90; < L grandiloqu(us) speaking loftily (grandi(s) great +-loquus speaking) + -ence)
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1. (noun) grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric
high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
"the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language"
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1. (noun) grandiloquence
the use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense
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