Grandiloquist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Grandiloquist is a noun meaning (rare) Someone who is grandiloquent, especially one who makes a living by giving lectures.
Meaning
(rare) Someone who is grandiloquent, especially one who makes a living by giving lectures.
More Meanings
- (rare) grandiloquent; bombastic.
Example Sentences
Bill O’Neal is a professional grandiloquist.
The language is a little too grandiloquist perhaps, but the subject bears it out.
When metaphors vault and infinitives do the splits, / When predicates stumble and a verb masquerades as a noun, / The writer may not be out of his wits / But only a grandiloquist putting us down.
Nevertheless, when it came to personal practice and example, nothing can be more manifest than that the great current of his sympathies was with the refining grandiloquists who flourished in the time of the Charleses.
Word Forms
- grandiloquists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include grandiloquism, grandiloquy, grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, aggrandizer.
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