Usually means: Using pompous or extravagant language.
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  1. grandiloquous: Merriam-Webster
  2. grandiloquous: Collins English Dictionary
  3. grandiloquous: Wordnik
  4. grandiloquous: Wiktionary
  5. Grandiloquous: Dictionary.com
  6. Grandiloquous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. grandiloquous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Grandiloquous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. grandiloquous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. grandiloquous: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Grandiloquous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  (archaic) grandiloquent

Similar:
largiloquent, grandiloquent, sonorous, magniloquent, bombastical, supereloquent, bombastic, high-blown, declamatory, mouthfilling, more...

Opposite:
humble, unpretentious, modest

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Similar:
largiloquent, grandiloquent, sonorous, magniloquent, bombastical, supereloquent, bombastic, high-blown, declamatory, mouthfilling, more...

Opposite:
humble, unpretentious, modest



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