Definition of grandiloquent Grandiloquent
/gɹændɪˈlʌkwʌnt/ - [grandilukwunt] - gran•dil•o•quent
We found 4 definitions of grandiloquent from 3 different sources.
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What does grandiloquent mean?
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| grandiloquent - puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek | ||
| overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous | ||
| pretentious making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition" | ||
| grandiloquent - lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" | ||
| magniloquent, tall | ||
| rhetorical given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- grandiloquent (a.)
Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
