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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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