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magniloquent

adj

Etymology

From post-Classical Latin magniloquens (“talkative, verbose”).

  1. derived from magniloquens — “talkative, verbose”

Definitions

  1. Using pompous speech

    Using pompous speech; speaking with deliberately long or esoteric words.

    • There is no doubt that the ordinary reader would enjoy, and he certainly would profit much by, a revival of the classic work—if only he did not fall asleep over its magniloquent but perissological otiosity.
    • The sermonizer, said Dwight [Macdonald], was guilty of "puerile, stupid twaddle" and seemed to have "a remarkable power of hypnotizing himself with magniloquent platitudes."

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