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