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grandiloquence

DEFINITIONS OF: grandiloquence

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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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