ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Grandiloquy

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Grandiloquy is a noun meaning Synonym of grandiloquence.

Meaning

Synonym of grandiloquence.

Example Sentences

These grandiloquies, whether at the official marts or casual meeting-places, produced no shortlived effect.
I trust, therefore, that the same allowance will be accorded me, if I should be betrayed, whilst writing about Marseilles, into similar grandiloquy.
How highly their firſt God tranſcendenth our God the Creator, appeareth from the ſwelling nonſenſical Grandiloquies, which the Platoniſts of the Chriſtian Church derive from their School;
And treason, swift as the dawn of morn, / Flies through the land, to destruction borne— / If you wish to stop the grandiloquy / Of the approaching storm, of which you, / As yet, have the prologue, / Hie quickly home.

Word Forms

Synonyms for grandiloquy

Depending on context, synonyms include grandiloquence.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include grandiloquism, grandiloquence, grandiloquist, magniloquence, grandiosity, grandity.

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