grandeur
noun/ˈɡrændʒə(r)/, /ˈɡrændjə(r)/
/ˈɡrændʒər/, /ˈɡrændjər/
[uncountable]- the quality of being great and impressive in appearance synonym splendour
- We admired the grandeur and simplicity of the Roman architecture.
- The hotel had an air of faded grandeur.
Extra Examples- the majestic grandeur of the Grand Canyon
- the rugged grandeur of the mountains
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- majestic
- sheer
- rugged
- …
- the importance or social status somebody has or thinks they have
- He has a sense of grandeur about him.
- She is clearly suffering from delusions of grandeur (= thinks she is more important than she really is).
see also grand
Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting tall stature): from French, from grand ‘great, grand’, from Latin grandis ‘full-grown, big, great’.
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