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Excessive use of verbal ornamentation
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magniloquence
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, from Latin magniloquentia "elevated language, lofty style;" see magniloquent + -ence .\n
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation [syn: grandiosity , grandiloquence , rhetoric ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Magniloquence \Mag*nil"o*quence\, n. [L. magniloquentia.] The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence.