grandiloquent

grandiloquent
[granˈdɪləkwənt]
adjective
  1. pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner, especially in a way that is intended to impress
    (语言、风格或手法)(尤指故意)浮夸的
    a grandiloquent celebration of Spanish glory.
    一场歌颂西班牙辉煌的浮华庆典。
派生
grandiloquence
noun
grandiloquently
adverb
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: from Latin grandiloquusliterally 'grand-speaking', from grandis 'grand' + loqui 'speak'. The ending was altered in English by association with eloquent
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