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blandiloquence

Today it means: Flattering or cajoling speech; (sometimes more loosely) grandiloquence. Full definition →

Latin blandiloquentia

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Latin · derived fromblandiloquentia
English todayblandiloquence

From Latin blandiloquentia, from blandiloquens (“blandiloquent”) + -ia.

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