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• grandiloquent — grandiloquent, ente [ grɑ̃dilɔkɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • 1876; de grandiloquence 1 ♦ Qui s exprime avec grandiloquence. ⇒ emphatique, pompeux. 2 ♦ Où il entre de la grandiloquence. ⇒ 2. pompier. Style, discours grandiloquent. ● grandiloquent,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Grandiloquent — Gran*dil o*quent, a. [L. grandis grand + logui to speak.] Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• grandiloquent — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner. DERIVATIVES grandiloquence noun grandiloquently adverb. ORIGIN Latin grandiloquus grand speaking …   English terms dictionary

• grandiloquent — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pompous, histrionic, bombastic; see bombastic , oratorical . See Synonym Study at bombastic . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [gran DIL uh kwent] using big words to try to impress, bombastic. Many… …   English dictionary for students

• grandiloquent — grandiloquently, adv. /gran dil euh kweuhnt/, adj. speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic. [1585 95; GRANDILOQU(ENCE) + ENT] Syn. turgid, inflated, rhetorical, pretentious. Ant. simple, sincere. * …   Universalium

• grandiloquent — [gran dɪləkwənt] adjective pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner. Derivatives grandiloquence noun grandiloquently adverb Origin C16: from L. grandiloquus, lit. grand speaking ; the ending was alt. in Engl. by assoc. with eloquent …   English new terms dictionary

• grandiloquent — /grænˈdɪləkwənt / (say gran diluhkwuhnt) adjective speaking or expressed in a lofty or pompous style; bombastic. –grandiloquently, adverb …  

• demitoilet — A style of elaborate but not formal dress …   Grandiloquent dictionary

• ollendorfian — Writing or speaking in an overly formal and artifical style …   Grandiloquent dictionary

• Subjonctif — Le subjonctif est un mode grammatical exprimant un fait comme pensé ou imaginé (opinions, faits irréels, incertains ou simplement envisagés), par contraste avec l indicatif qui est censé rapporter les faits réels. Dans la langue française au… …   Wikipédia en Français

• heroic — heroically, adv. heroicalness, heroicness, heroicity /hear oh is i tee/, n. /hi roh ik/, adj. 1. Also, heroical. 2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine. 3. suitable to the character of a hero in size or concept; daring;… …   Universalium