Magniloquence

2 definitions found

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

  Magniloquence \Mag*nil"o*quence\, n. [L. magniloquentia.]
     The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse;
     grandiloquence.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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