"splendiloquent" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more splendiloquent [comparative], most splendiloquent [superlative]
Etymology: Blend of splendid + eloquent, probably modelled after grandiloquent and magniloquent. First attested in 1848.. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|splendid|eloquent}} Blend of splendid + eloquent, {{m|en|grandiloquent}} grandiloquent, {{m|en|magniloquent}} magniloquent, {{etydate/the|1848}} 1848, {{etydate|1848}} First attested in 1848. Head templates: {{en-adj}} splendiloquent (comparative more splendiloquent, superlative most splendiloquent)
  1. Splendid.
    Sense id: en-splendiloquent-en-adj-A3QZ5ab6
  2. Splendidly eloquent.
    Sense id: en-splendiloquent-en-adj-bVwYckMV Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English blends: 0 100 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: grandiloquent, magniloquent, splendiferous

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