magniloquence
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noun \mag-ˈni-lə-kwən(t)s\Definition of MAGNILOQUENCE
: the quality or state of being magniloquent
Examples of MAGNILOQUENCE
- <he's prone to fits of maudlin magniloquence when he's drunk>
Origin of MAGNILOQUENCE
Latin magniloquentia, from magniloquus magniloquent, from magnus + loqui to speak
First Known Use: circa 1623
Related to MAGNILOQUENCE
- Synonyms
- bluster, brag, braggadocio, bull [slang], cockalorum, fanfaronade, gas, gasconade, grandiloquence, hot air, bombast, rant, rodomontade (also rhodomontade)
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