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Blend of splendid + eloquent, probably modelled after grandiloquent and magniloquent. First attested in 1848.
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Blend of splendid + eloquent, probably modelled after grandiloquent and magniloquent. First attested in 1848.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.