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Webster 1913 Edition
Altiloquent
Al-til′o-quent
,Adj.
[L.
altus
(adv. alte
) high + loquens
, p. pr. of loqui
to speak.] High-sounding; pompous in speech.
[R.]
Bailey.
Definition 2024
altiloquent
altiloquent
English
Adjective
altiloquent (comparative more altiloquent, superlative most altiloquent)
- Pompous, or pretentious in speech
- 1976, John Gardner, Jason and Medeia, Ballantine Books
- [T]hey listened, dazzle-eyed- secretly making lists- to grandly romantic trash: bad poetry, stupid theology- altiloquent designs in the empty air.
- 1921, Holman Day, All Wool Morrison, Kessinger Publishing
- He remembered that the politeness seemed too elaborate, too florid, altiloquent to the extent of insincerity.
- 1976, John Gardner, Jason and Medeia, Ballantine Books
Translations
pompous or pretentious in speech
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