01 n. The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense.
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The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense.“The sin of grandiloquence or tall talking.” — Thackeray.
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Webster, 1913
Grandiloquence
· Gran·dil·o·quence
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