grandiloquent

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis (“great, full”) + loquēns, present participle of loquor (“to speak”). Compare eloquent. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ɡɹænˈdɪl.ə.kwənt/ === Adjective === grandiloquent (comparative more grandiloquent, superlative most grandiloquent) (of a person, their language or writing) Given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid. ==== Synonyms ==== (overly wordy or elaborate): See Thesaurus:verbose ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin grandiloquus, remodelled after éloquent. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʁɑ̃.di.lɔ.kɑ̃/ === Adjective === grandiloquent (feminine grandiloquente, masculine plural grandiloquents, feminine plural grandiloquentes) grandiloquent Synonym: pompeux ==== Related terms ==== grandiloquence === Further reading === “grandiloquent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012