grandiloquent

The definition of grandiloquent is something with big words used in a overly self-assured way.

(adjective)

An example of something grandiloquent is a egotistical and wordy speech by a presidential candidate.

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See grandiloquent in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

using high-flown, pompous, bombastic words and expressions

Origin: < L grandiloquus < grandis, grand + loqui, to speak, after eloquent

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