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GRANDILOQUENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grandiloquent mean? 

GRANDILOQUENT (adjective)
  The adjective GRANDILOQUENT has 2 senses:

1. lofty in styleplay

2. puffed up with vanityplay

  Familiarity information: GRANDILOQUENT used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GRANDILOQUENT (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Lofty in style

Synonyms:

grandiloquent; magniloquent; tall

Context example:

he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying

Similar:

rhetorical (given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought)

Derivation:

grandiloquence (high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Puffed up with vanity

Synonyms:

grandiloquent; overblown; pompous; pontifical; portentous

Context example:

pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey

Similar:

pretentious (making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction)


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