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blandiose

adj

Etymology

Blend of bland + grandiose.

  1. derived from grandis — “great, grand”
  2. derived from grandioso
  3. borrowed from grandiose
  4. compounded as blandiose — “bland + grandiose”

Definitions

  1. Simultaneously dull and overblown

    Simultaneously dull and overblown; striving to be impressive, but turning out bland or unoriginal.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA