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Meaning of MAGNILOQUENCE

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

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mag*nil"o*quence\, n. [L. magniloquentia.]
The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse;
grandiloquence.
 
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