"magniloquent" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more magniloquent [comparative], most magniloquent [superlative]
Etymology: From post-Classical Latin magniloquens (“talkative, verbose”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|magniloquens||talkative, verbose}} Latin magniloquens (“talkative, verbose”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} magniloquent (comparative more magniloquent, superlative most magniloquent)
  1. Speaking pompously; using deliberately long or esoteric words. Categories (topical): Talking Synonyms: bombastic, tumid, grandiloquent, pompous, fustian, lexiphanic Derived forms: magniloquently Related terms: grandiloquent, magnificat, splendiloquent Translations (speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic): високопарен (visokoparen) (Bulgarian), grandiloquent [masculine] (French), dagályos (Hungarian), fellengzős (Hungarian), mórfhoclach (Irish), grandilocuente (Spanish), pomposo (Spanish)

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