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GRANDILOQUENT
Definition:
Extravagant in language, style, or manner, especially in a way that is intended to impress.
Synonyms:
Bombastic, Orotund, Florid
Antonyms:
Simple, Unpretentious, Plain
Examples:
His grandiloquent wedding speech lasted longer than the actual marriage.
When asked how he was, he replied, "I am presently luxuriating in the ineffable joys of existence." He could have just said, "fine."
Etymology:
From Latin grandiloquus ('lofty in speech'), from grandis ('grand') + loqui ('to speak').
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