magniloquence
11magniloquence — n bombast, fustian, pomposity, orotundity; grandiloquence, high soundingness, pretentiousness, grandiosity, A rchaic. magnisonance; tur gidity, tumidity, tumescence; boastfulness, braggadocio, fanfaronade, gasconade; (all of speech) vanity, pride …
12magniloquence — mag·nil·o·quence …
13magniloquence — noun high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation the grandiosity of his prose an excessive ornateness of language • Syn: ↑grandiosity, ↑ornateness, ↑grandiloquence, ↑rhetoric • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
14magniloquent — magniloquence, n. magniloquently, adv. /mag nil euh kweuhnt/, adj. speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful. [1650 60; back formation from L magniloquentia elevated language, equiv. to magniloqu(us)… …
15bombast — bombast, rhapsody, rant, fustian, rodomontade all designate a style of speech or writing characterized by high flown pomposity or pretentiousness of language disproportionate to the thought or subject matter. All of them are derogatory in some… …
16magniloquent — [mag nil′ə kwənt] adj. [prob. back form. < magniloquence < L magniloquentia < magniloquus, speaking in a lofty style < magnus, great (see MAGNI ) + loqui, to speak] 1. lofty, pompous, or grandiose in speech or style of expression 2.… …
17grandiloquence — noun high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation the grandiosity of his prose an excessive ornateness of language • Syn: ↑grandiosity, ↑magniloquence, ↑ornateness, ↑rhetoric • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
18grandiosity — noun high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation the grandiosity of his prose an excessive ornateness of language • Syn: ↑magniloquence, ↑ornateness, ↑grandiloquence, ↑rhetoric • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
19ornateness — noun 1. an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated • Syn: ↑elaborateness • Derivationally related forms: ↑elaborate (for: ↑elaborateness) • Hypernyms: ↑appear …
20magniloquent — adjective Etymology: back formation from magniloquence Date: 1640 speaking in or characterized by a high flown often bombastic style or manner < magniloquent boasts > • magniloquently adverb …
