grandiloquent

Meaning

Adjective

Given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive amount of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid

Origin

From Middle French grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis + loquēns, present participle of loquor. Compare eloquent.

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