Meanings
plural grandiloquences
- countableuncountableLofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing.
Synonyms: grandiloquy, magniloquence, magniloquy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounLofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing.
More synonyms by meaning
nounhigh-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latingrandiloquentia
- Middle Frenchgrandiloquence
- Englishgrandiloquence
From Middle French grandiloquence, from Latin grandiloquentia, from grandiloquus, 1580s.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian надутост, високопарност
- надутост (nadutost)lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing
- високопарност (visokoparnost)lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing
Catalan grandiloqüència
- grandiloqüèncialofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing
Dutch grootspraak, bombast
- grootspraaklofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing
- bombastlofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing
- hoogdravendheidlofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing
Finnish sanahelinä
- sanahelinälofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing
French grandiloquence
- grandiloquencelofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing
Polish górnolotność, grandilokwencja
- górnolotnośćlofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing
- grandilokwencjalofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing
Portuguese grandiloquência
- grandiloquêncialofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing
Russian высокопарность
- высокопарность (vysokoparnostʹ)lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing
Spanish grandilocuencia
- grandilocuencialofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing
Cite this entry
grandiloquence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandiloquence
“grandiloquence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grandiloquence. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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