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Meaning of GRANDIOSITY

Pronunciation:  `grandee'âsitee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
 
 Synonyms: grandiloquence, magniloquence, rhetoric
 
 See Also: blah, bombast, claptrap, expressive style, flourish, fustian, rant, style

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gran"di*os"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. grandiosit['e], It.
grandiosit[`a].]
The state or quality of being grandiose,
 

 

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