grandiloquence

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French grandiloquence, from Latin grandiloquentia, from grandiloquus, 1580s. === Noun === grandiloquence (countable and uncountable, plural grandiloquences) Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing. Synonyms: grandiloquy, magniloquence, (rare) magniloquy ==== Related terms ==== grandiloquent grandiloquently tushery ==== Translations ==== === References === == French == === Etymology === [1540s] From Middle French grandiloquence, from Latin grandiloquus + -ence, after éloquence. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʁɑ̃.di.lɔ.kɑ̃s/ === Noun === grandiloquence f (usually uncountable, plural grandiloquences) grandiloquence ==== Related terms ==== grandiloquent === Further reading === “grandiloquence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012