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Meaning of MAGNILOQUENT

Pronunciation:  mag'nilukwunt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"
 
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 Synonyms: grandiloquent, rhetorical, tall
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mag*nil"o*quent\, a. [L. magnus great + loquens,
-entis, p. pr. of loqui to speak. See {Magnitude},
{Loquacious}.]
Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic;
tumid in style; grandiloquent. -- {Mag*nil"o*quent*ly}, adv.
 
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