magniloquent
magniloquent · more magniloquent · most magniloquent
высокопарно
Using pompous speech; speaking with deliberately long or esoteric wordsUsing pompous speech; speaking with deliberately long or esoteric words.
» I don't doubt he's very smart, nevertheless he's very boastful and magniloquent.
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1 sensesUsing pompous speech; speaking with deliberately long or esoteric words.
высокопарноvysokoparno
More definitions
- lofty in style
Examples
1 sentencesI don't doubt he's very smart, nevertheless he's very boastful and magniloquent.
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic:
Origin
From post-Classical Latin magniloquens (“talkative, verbose”).From post-Classical Latin magniloquens (“talkative, verbose”).
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Forms
more magniloquent, most magniloquent| Comparative | more magniloquent Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most magniloquent Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
7 synonymsClose in meaning
- lofty in style:grandiloquenttall
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form