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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Using pompous speech; speaking with deliberately long or esoteric words..
There is no doubt that the ordinary reader would enjoy, and he certainly would profit much by, a revival of the classic work—if only he did not fall asleep over its magniloquent but perissological otiosity.
The sermonizer, said Dwight [Macdonald], was guilty of "puerile, stupid twaddle" and seemed to have "a remarkable power of hypnotizing himself with magniloquent platitudes."
Use magniloquent when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Magniloquent means Using pompous speech; speaking with deliberately long or esoteric words..
Common synonyms include fustian, lexiphanic, bombastic, tumid.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
There is no doubt that the ordinary reader would enjoy, and he certainly would profit much by, a revival of the classic work—if only he did not fall asleep over its magniloquent but perissological otiosity.
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