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Webster 1913 Edition

Grandiloquence

Gran-dil′o-quence

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Noun.

The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; – usually in a bad sense.

The sin of

grandiloquence

or tall talking.

Thackeray,

Webster 1828 Edition

Grandiloquence

GRANDIL'OQUENCE

,

Noun.

Lofty speaking; lofty expressions.