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Many are ambitious of saying grand things, that is, of being grandiloquent.
Augustus Hare

Meaning of "grandiloquent" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GRANDILOQUENT

From Latin grandiloquus, from grandis great + loquī to speak.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GRANDILOQUENT

grandiloquent  [ɡrænˈdɪləkwənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRANDILOQUENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Grandiloquent is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GRANDILOQUENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Verbosity

Verbosity is speech or writing which is deemed to use an excess of words. The opposite of verbosity is succinctness, which can be found in plain language, and laconism. Some teachers, including the author of The Elements of Style, warn writers not to be verbose. Similarly, some authors, including Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway, use a succinct style and avoid verbosity. Synonyms for verbosity include wordiness, prolixity, grandiloquence, garrulousness, expatiation, and logorrhea. Corresponding adjectival forms are verbose, wordy, prolix, grandiloquent, garrulous, and logorrheic. Examples of verbosity are common in political speech, academic prose, and other genres.

Definition of grandiloquent in the English dictionary

The definition of grandiloquent in the dictionary is inflated, pompous, or bombastic in style or expression.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRANDILOQUENT


aliquant
ˈælɪkwənt
colliquant
kəˈlɪkwənt
consequent
ˈkɒnsɪkwənt
delinquent
dɪˈlɪŋkwənt
Derwent
ˈdɜːwənt
eloquent
ˈɛləkwənt
frequent
ˈfriːkwənt
inconsequent
ɪnˈkɒnsɪkwənt
ineloquent
ɪnˈɛləkwənt
infrequent
ɪnˈfriːkwənt
magniloquent
mæɡˈnɪləkwənt
multiloquent
mʌlˈtɪləkwənt
nondelinquent
ˌnɒndɪˈlɪŋkwənt
obsequent
ˈɒbsɪkwənt
pauciloquent
pɔːˈsɪləkwənt
sequent
ˈsiːkwənt
subsequent
ˈsʌbsɪkwənt
unfrequent
ʌnˈfriːkwənt
unguent
ˈʌŋɡwənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRANDILOQUENT

grandee
grandeeship
grandeur
grandfather
grandfather clause
grandfather clock
grandfatherly
grandiflora
grandiloquence
grandiloquently
grandiloquous
grandiose
grandiosely
grandioseness
grandiosity
grandioso
grandkid
grandly
grandma

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRANDILOQUENT

abluent
affirming the consequent
affluent
confluent
congruent
constituent
diluent
effluent
eluent
fluent
incongruent
influent
interfluent
juvenile delinquent
mass affluent
obstruent
reconstituent
refluent
substituent
suent

Synonyms and antonyms of grandiloquent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GRANDILOQUENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «grandiloquent» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of grandiloquent

Translation of «grandiloquent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRANDILOQUENT

Find out the translation of grandiloquent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of grandiloquent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grandiloquent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

夸张
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

grandilocuente
570 millions of speakers

English

grandiloquent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आडंबरपूर्ण
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

طنان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

высокопарные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grandiloqüente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আড়ম্বরপূর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grandiloquent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Grandiloquent
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schwülstig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大げさな
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

과장된
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Grandiloquent
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

hay khoa trương
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயர்வான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोठमोठी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tumturaklı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

magniloquente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

patetyczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пишномовні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

grandilocvent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεγαλόστομες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grootsprakig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

högtravande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grandiloquent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grandiloquent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRANDILOQUENT»

The term «grandiloquent» is regularly used and occupies the 78.082 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRANDILOQUENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «grandiloquent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «grandiloquent» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about grandiloquent

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QUOTES WITH «GRANDILOQUENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word grandiloquent.
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Augustus Hare
Many are ambitious of saying grand things, that is, of being grandiloquent.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRANDILOQUENT»

Discover the use of grandiloquent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grandiloquent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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There's a Word for It!: A Grandiloquent Guide to Life
In the tradition of Anguished English, a mischievous and madcap expedition through the depths of the unabridged dictionary promises hilarious word fun for language enthusiasts. Reprint.
Charles Harringto Elster, 1997
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The Grandiloquent Dictionary - Tenth Anniversary Edition
It is with great pleasure that I introduce the Tenth Anniversary Edition of the Grandiloquent Dictionary, and the fourth in-print edition. In the past decade it has grown from a small and insignificant page on my homepage to a global phenomena.
Christopher Bird, 2010
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There's a Word for It (Revised Edition): A Grandiloquent ...
A mischievous and madcap expedition through the depths of the unabridged dictionary promises hilarious word fun for language enthusiasts as it describes a variety of unusual words and their definitions, including such colorful vocabulary as ...
Charles Harrington Elster, 2005
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Words: A User's Guide
grandiloquent,. garrulous,. eloquent,. loquacious. grandiloquent grandíllikwgnt / rændiləkwənt/ adjective, describes speech that uses high-flown or bombastic language: He sounded a grandiloquent note: ...
Graham Pointon, Stewart Clark, 2014
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Vocabulary Cartoons, SAT Word Power: Learn Hundreds of SAT ...
Link: GRAND. ELEPHANT. “The GRAND ELEPHANT made a GRANDILOQUENT speech.” It was another GRANDILOQUENT political affair; the candidates made the same old promises for lower taxes and more free services. They may be ...
Sam Burchers, Jr., Sam Burchers, III, Bryan Burchers, 2013
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The Best Words
“I am at your service today,” he replied, affecting a grandiloquent sweep of his hat . “Whatever you want to do.” —Bram Stoker, Dracula, 1897 A walk along the law lords corridor in the Palace of Westminster this summer was a sorry affair, with ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
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Vocabulary Building for a Masters Degree
Grandiloquent (adj) > marked by alofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, orquality esp. in language. • > pompous; bombastic; using highsounding words. • Synonyms>florid, flowery, highflown, highfalutin, bombastic, ...
Idoniboye B. Bagshaw, 2014
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The Cherry Orchard
5. Grandiloquent. Speech. and. Philosophizing. While it is tempting to take the beautiful passages in Chekhov's plays as genuinely poetic riffs on life, the careful reader may also begin to suspect that sometimes philosophy reveals the ...
Anton Chekhov, Sharon Marie Carnicke, 2010
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Three Sisters:
Grandiloquent. Speech. and. Philosophizing. While it is tempting to take the beautiful passages in Chekhov's plays as genuine insights into life, the careful reader may also begin to suspect that sometimes philosophy reveals the underbellies ...
Anton Chekhov, Sharon Marie Carnicke, 2014
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Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
grandiloquent. grain noun 1 the local farmers grow grain: cereal, cereal crops. 2 a grain of wheat: kernel, seed, grist. 3 grains of sand: granule, particle, speck, mote, mite; bit, piece; scrap, crumb, fragment, morsel. 4 a grain of truth: trace, hint,  ...
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRANDILOQUENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grandiloquent is used in the context of the following news items.
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'In Search of Sir Thomas Browne,' by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
... amid much verbiage that is (to my plain taste) cloyingly grandiloquent, lurk gorgeous phrases like “man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Late Indulgences: John Ashbery's Breezeway
For Ashbery, who writes with such intelligence and sensitivity but tends not to make grandiloquent pronouncements about his art, this might ... «Hyperallergic, Jul 15»
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The Bostonian astronomer who dreamed of Pluto
... design at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, so fresh and direct in contrast to the grandiloquent statements of the Gilded Age. «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
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Donald Trump's immigration stance dividing GOP in Arizona
After insulting Mexican immigrants in America, grandiloquent billionaire Donald Trump has blasted his way to the top of the list of Republican ... «Sentinel Republic, Jul 15»
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Trump surges in national polls after Mexican insults, dominates …
After insulting Mexican immigrants in America, grandiloquent billionaire Donald Trump has blasted his way to the top of the list of Republican ... «New Pittsburgh Courier, Jul 15»
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Film review: 'Baahubali' is a triumph of size, scale and spectacle
... Cyril and impressively shot by KK Senthil Kumar, the movie underscores Rajamouli's proven ability to deliver a grandiloquent experience. «Scroll.in, Jul 15»
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Justice Kennedy and the Lonely Promethean Man of Liberalism
... individuals free “to define and express their identity,” thereby echoing his even more grandiloquent pronouncement in Planned Parenthood v. «Family Research Council, Jul 15»
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India and Pakistan join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation but …
With India and Pakistan in the club, Nazarbayev's grandiloquent “half of humanity” is no longer far off the mark. In the past, the SCO had ... «The National, Jul 15»
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ArtsBeat | From Will Ferrell to Stuffed Squirrels: 6 Steps to the Perfect …
Inspiration for the “Spoils” series came from a number of grandiloquent covers of vintage 1970s novels that Mr. Piedmont spotted in a bookstore ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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How North Korea's Marchers for Peace Became Fellow Travelers
Just before the marchers crossed south on May 24, they said they were celebrated with a 5,000-person parade marked by grandiloquent ... «Foreign Policy, Jul 15»

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