grandiloquent

Words with a similar base: grandiloquent

'grandiloquent'

[grandiloquent.s.01] as in: lofty in style

Examples:
he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying

'grandiloquent'

[grandiloquent.s.02] as in: puffed up with vanity; ; ; ; - Newsweek

Examples:
a grandiloquent and boastful manner
overblown oratory
a pompous speech
pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey

Origins

					grandiloquent (English)
└── grandiloquus (Latin)

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