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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grandiloquent \Gran*dil"o*quent\, a. [L. grandis grand + logui to speak.] Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: grandiloquent adj 1: lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" [syn: {magniloquent}, {tall}] 2: puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek [syn: {overblown}, {pompous}, {pontifical}, {portentous}]
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