Word- Grandiloquence

Grandiloquence- Word of the day

Meaning:

a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language

History:

Grandiloquence is  derived from the Latin  word loqui, meaning “to speak.” Grandiloquence comes (probably via Middle French) from the Latin adjective grandiloquus, which combines loqui and the adjective grandis (“grand or great”).The word  is very similar in meaning to grandiloquence is magniloquence—and the similarity is not surprising. Magniloquence combines loqui with magnus, another Latin word meaning “great.”

Examples:

1. Shawn is an actor incapable of checking his grandiloquence at the stage door.
2. Her big features matched its grandiloquence and spoke volumes from a distance .”
3. His other works  did not escape criticism, charged with verbosity and grandiloquence.
4. The politicians do not spare an opportunity for grandiloquence.