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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
grandiloquent /granˈdɪləkwənt/

▶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 altered in English by assoc. with eloquent.

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