magniloquent
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- magniloquence noun
- magniloquently adverb
Etymology
Origin of magniloquent
1650–60; back formation from Latin magniloquentia elevated language, equivalent to magniloqu ( us ) speaking grandly ( magni- magni- + loqu ( ī ) to speak + -us adj. suffix) + -entia -ence
Example Sentences
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Boris Johnson has long spun political gold from his magniloquent tongue, using what some linguists and observers say bombastic language, esoteric vocabulary, occasional crudity and episodes of bumbling bluster.
From Reuters • Jul. 23, 2019
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with the Revolution succeeded by the reign of Napoleon, that meant history painting: magniloquent tableaus — battles, shipwrecks, coronations — in which myth and reality met.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2013
It opens with a magniloquent sunlit air view of Manhattan and with Hellinger's voice, talking of his town with as happy pride and affection as if it were his year-old son, already counting to ten.
From Time Magazine Archive
T.R. had criticized Wilson for "hopeless weakness" and "magniloquent vagueness."
From Time Magazine Archive
If it be added that the poem was made to conclude with a magniloquent panegyric upon Louis XIV., the king could not fail to read it with visible signs of satisfaction.
From Weird Tales, Vol. II. by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)
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