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magniloquent

(mag nil′ə kwənt)

adjective

lofty, pompous, or grandiose in speech or style of expression
boastful or bombastic

Origin: prob. back-form. < magniloquence < L magniloquentia < magniloquus, speaking in a lofty style < magnus, great (see magni-) + loqui, to speak

Related Forms:

magniloquence noun
magniloquently adverb

See magniloquent in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Lofty and extravagant in speech; grandiloquent.

Origin:

Origin: Back formation from magniloquence, grandiloquence

Origin: , from Latin magniloquentia

Origin: : magnus, great; see meg- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + loquēns, loquent-

Origin: , present participle of loquī, to speak; see tolk^w- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

mag·nilˈo·quence noun

mag·nilˈo·quent·ly adverb

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