Grandiosity

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grandiosity \Gran"di*os"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. grandiosit['e], It.
     grandiosit[`a].]
     The state or quality of being grandiose,
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  grandiosity
       n : high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
           [syn: {magniloquence}, {grandiloquence}, {rhetoric}]