Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. overly wordy, pompous, flowery, or elaborate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Speaking or expressed in a lofty style; bombastic; pompous.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. puffed up with vanity
- adj. lofty in style
Etymologies
From Latin grandiloquus, from grandis ("great, full") + loquor ("speak") (Wiktionary)
Prolagus commented on the word grandiloquent
Defenatly.
November 18, 2008
reesetee commented on the word grandiloquent
Why is "homosexual" the best word? Like him or not, there are certainly other aspects to the man.
November 18, 2008
bilby commented on the word grandiloquent
Try schadenfreudgiloquent.
November 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word grandiloquent
Quentessentially, yes.
November 18, 2008
shadowkeir commented on the word grandiloquent
Truman Capote? I think not. homosexual is the best word to describe him.
Is this word not synonomous with magniloquent?
November 18, 2008
tiptoe39 commented on the word grandiloquent
Words that define themselves?
January 13, 2008
agreatnotion commented on the word grandiloquent
The best word to describe Truman Capote.
December 10, 2006