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Grandeur is defined as magnificence, something very impressive and amazing, high moral character or intellectual greatness.

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An example of grandeur is the look and design of the Palace of Versailles or other old famous castles.

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See grandeur in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the quality of being grand; specif.,

splendor; magnificence
moral or intellectual greatness; nobility

Origin: Fr < grand: see grand

See grandeur in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The quality or condition of being grand; magnificence: “The world is charged with the grandeur of God” (Gerard Manley Hopkins).
Nobility or greatness of character.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from grand, great

Origin: , from Latin grandis

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Grandeur

See also size.

1. Psychiatry. a form of mental illness marked by delusions of greatness, wealth, or power.

2. an obsession with doing extravagant or grand things. —megalomaniac, n. —megalomaniacal, adj.

Psychiatry. a slowly progressive personality disorder marked by delusions, especially of persecution and grandeur. —paranoid, paranoiac, adj.

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