Etymology

grandiloquy

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Today it means: Synonym of grandiloquence. Full definition →

Late Latin grandiloquium
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  1. Late Latin · derived fromgrandiloquium
  2. English todaygrandiloquy

Probably partly from Late Latin grandiloquium, and partly (especially in later use) an alteration of grandiloquence after other words in -loquy. By surface analysis, grand + -i- + -loquy.

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