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grandiloquent \gran-DIL-uh-kwuhnt\, adjective:
Lofty in style; pompous; bombastic.

He became more than usually grandiloquent as if to make up for the years of silence with words of gold.
-- Peter Ackroyd, "Supreme man of letters", Times (London), November 22, 2000

The more grandiloquent and picturesque the language the greater the distance at which he keeps you.
-- Richard Eder, "Irish Memories, Irish Poetry", New York Times, September 19, 1976

A voracious reader with a passion for history and great men, he was a droll raconteur with a grandiloquent style.
-- Richard Siklos, Shades of Black

Grandiloquent comes from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis, "grand" + loqui, "to speak." The noun form is grandiloquence.

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6 replies since 5th April 2009 • Last reply 5th April 2009

Reply #1:

BUBBLES!

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Reply #2:

My word today was erinaceous. I finally, finally got to use this word. Grandiloquent is fun as well. I'll have to slip it into conversation.

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Reply #3:

oh I love Grandiloquent too, bubbles is a close second

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Reply #4:

epic

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Reply #5:

PUSHPIN
is a good word.
and
MAGNIFIQUENT
its like you put magnificent and eloquent together and mashed them into a delicious word mashed potato concotion of buttery goodness

yes.

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Reply #6:

I like magnifiquent

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