grandiloquence

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation

Etymology

From Middle French grandiloquence, from Latin grandiloquentia, from grandiloquus, 1580s.

In classic literature

Synonyms

grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric

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