Definitions for grandiloquence

grandiloquence gran·dil·o·quence

Spelling: [gran-dil-uh-kwuh ns]
IPA: /grænˈdɪl ə kwəns/

Grandiloquence is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 33 points.

You can make 2280 anagrams from letters in grandiloquence (acdeegilnnoqru).

Definitions for grandiloquence

noun

  1. speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.

Origin of grandiloquence

1580-90; Latin grandiloqu(us) speaking loftily (grandi(s) great + -loquus speaking) + -ence

Examples for grandiloquence

Mrs. Dodd smiled at the grandiloquence of youth, and told him he had mistaken her character.

Thus in the “Prologue in Heaven” he quizzes the Archangels about the grandiloquence of their song.

Our central problem is that the combination of his grandiloquence and the September 2008 financial crisis led to his election.

It has the terseness of the French, without the grandiloquence of the Spanish, being derived directly from the Latin.

He adored eloquence, not to say grandiloquence: he was the son of a barrister.

Mere wordiness and grandiloquence may sound like ecstasy yet lack that quality.

It is a Parnassian Samain, but always personal, even in grandiloquence.

I smiled inwardly at the grandiloquence of the tone, and yet, how true it was!

But in opposing the Bush-Cheney march to war, his grandiloquence changed to eloquence.

He was young, and liked a bit of grandiloquence as well as another.

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