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
T.R. had criticized Wilson for "hopeless weakness" and "magniloquent vagueness."
From Time Magazine Archive
Josef von Sternberg, 49, magniloquent discoverer and first director of Marlene Dietrich; and Jeanne Annette McBride, 21, his brunette ex-secretary; he for the second time; in Hollywood.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Emperor is shown seated in a chariot, surrounded by female figures representing the abstract virtues, while the leaders of the twelve horses, and even the wheels and reins, have magniloquent Latin names.
From Dürer Artist-Biographies by Sweetser, M. F.
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