grandiloquent
grandiloquent · more grandiloquent · most grandiloquent
напыщенный
Given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words…Given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid.
/ɡɹænˈdɪl.ə.kwənt/
Meaning
1 sensesGiven to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid.
напы́щенныйnapýščennyj
More definitions
- puffed up with vanity
- lofty in style
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
overly wordy or elaborate:
Origin
From Middle French grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis (“great, full”) +From Middle French grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis (“great, full”) + loquēns, present participle of loquor (“to speak”). Compare eloquent.
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Forms
more grandiloquent, most grandiloquent| Comparative | more grandiloquent Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most grandiloquent Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
7 synonymsoverly wordy or elaborate:verbose
Close in meaning
- puffed up with vanity:overblownpompouspontificalportentous
- lofty in style:magniloquenttall
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form