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grandiloquence
DEFINITIONS OF:
grandiloquence
1
n
high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
Synonyms:
grandiosity
,
magniloquence
,
ornateness
,
rhetoric
Types:
flourish
a display of ornamental speech or language
blah
,
bombast
,
claptrap
,
fustian
,
rant
pompous or pretentious talk or writing
Type of:
expressive style
,
style
a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
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