grandiloquy
grandiloquy noun: synonym of grandiloquence.
Noun
grandiloquy (countable and uncountable, plural grandiloquies)
- Synonym of grandiloquence.
- How highly their firſt God tranſcendenth our God the Creator, appeareth from the ſwelling nonſenſical Grandiloquies, which the Platoniſts of the Chriſtian Church derive from their School;1706, Richard Brocklesby, “A Consectary from the foregoing Chapter, That the Pagans were so far ignorant of the true God, that He is not to be found amongst the Supreme Deities of their Theopolity.”...
- I trust, therefore, that the same allowance will be accorded me, if I should be betrayed, whilst writing about Marseilles, into similar grandiloquy.1847 September, Moses Margoliouth, “Letter XIV. To the Rev. Dr. J. Horlock, Rector of Box. Marseilles, Sept. 1847.”, in A Pilgrimage to the Land of My Fathers, volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […]...
- Synonyms:
- grandiloquence
Synonyms of grandiloquy
Forms of grandiloquy
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Origin of grandiloquy
Probably partly from Late Latin grandiloquium, and partly (especially in later use) an alteration of grandiloquence after other words in -loquy. By surface analysis, grand + -i- + -loquy.
Questions about grandiloquy
- What does grandiloquy mean?
- Grandiloquy means synonym of grandiloquence.
- What part of speech is grandiloquy?
- Grandiloquy is a noun.
- What is the plural of grandiloquy?
- The plural of grandiloquy is grandiloquies.
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