Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Lofty speech; pompous language.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Lofty speech; pompous language.
Examples
““I am at much pains to avoid abstruse phrases and altiloquence.””
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘altiloquence’.
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Logolepsy
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Awkward-Sounding Words
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troopie Pompous or high speech
L. altus, high, and loquor, loquens, speaking.] Lofty speech; pompous language.
May 7, 2008