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grandiloquent
What does grandiloquent mean?
grandiloquent (adjective): given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce grandiloquent?
/ɡɹænˈdɪləkwənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does grandiloquent come from?
From Middle French grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis (“great, full”) + loquēns, present participle of loquor (“to speak”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “grandiloquent” mean?
of a person: having a tendency to become angry easily; bad-tempered, irritable; also, feeling or showing anger; angry, enraged
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originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment
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given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid
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characterized by rigorous self-denial or self-discipline; austere; abstinent; involving a withholding of physical pleasure
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