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Definition of grandiloquence noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

grandiloquence

noun
 
/ɡrænˈdɪləkwəns/
 
/ɡrænˈdɪləkwəns/
[uncountable] (formal, disapproving)
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  1. a style of speech or writing that uses long or complicated words in order to impress people synonym pomposity
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