Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Magniloquent

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Magniloquent \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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