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Definition: Grandiloquent |
GrandiloquentAdjective1. Lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying". 2. Puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "grandiloquent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Etymology: Grandiloquent \Gran*dil"o*quent\, adjective. [Latin expression grandis grand logui to speak.]. (references) |
Synonyms: GrandiloquentSynonyms: magniloquent (adj), overblown (adj), pompous (adj), pontifical (adj), portentous (adj), tall (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ornament | Adjective: ornament; Verb: beautified; ornate, florid, rich, flowery; euphuistic, euphemistic; sonorous; high-sounding, big-sounding; inflated, swelling, tumid; turgid, turgescent; pedantic, pompous, stilted; orotund; high flown, high flowing; sententious, rhetorical, declamatory; grandiose; grandiloquent, magniloquent, altiloquent; sesquipedal, sesquipedalian; Johnsonian, mouthy; bombastic; fustian; frothy, flashy, flaming. |
Speech | Adjective: speaking; spoken; Verb: oral, lingual, phonetic, not written, unwritten, outspoken; eloquent, elocutionary; oratorical, rhetorical; declamatory; grandiloquent; talkative; Ciceronian, nuncupative, Tullian. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Grandiloquent |
| English words defined with "grandiloquent": grandiloquently, Grandiloquous ♦ Largiloquent ♦ magniloquently ♦ overblown ♦ perorate, pompous, pontifical, portentous. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Grandiloquent" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (bombastic, grandiloquent). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Grandiloquent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Grandiloquent" is used about 27 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 27 | 66,962 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
grandiloquent | 3 |
the grandiloquent dictionary | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "grandiloquent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i fryrë (assuming, bloated, bombastic, bulging, bumptious, cock-a-hoop, conceited, extravagant, flatulent, fustian, grandiose, high, highfaluting, high-sounding, hoity toity, inflated, mouthy, orotund, overblown, plethoric, pompous, puffed, puffed up, puffy, sounding, swollen, tumid, turgid, uppish, uppity, vainglorious), fjalëmadh (magniloquent, talker). (various references) | |
Arabic | طنان (bombastic, fustian, orotund, pompous, puffy, resonant, rotund, runic, sonorous, sounding, stilted, tall, tumid, turgid, windy). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | тържествен (grand, grave, solemn, state, stately), надут (bombastic, conceited, consequential, coxcombical, declamatory, florid, haughty, high-blown, highfaluting, important, inflated, magniloquent, mandarin, mouthy, orotund, overblown, pompous, portentous, prancing, puffy, sidy, solemn, sounding, stilted, swelling, swollen, theatrical, tumid, uppish, uppity). (various references) | |
Czech | pompézní (pompous). (various references) | |
Farsi | قلنبه نویس , گزاف گوی . (various references) | |
Finnish | suurisanainen. (various references) | |
French | grandiloquent. (various references) | |
German | hochtrabend (highfalutin, high-falutin, inflated, magniloquent, overblown, pompous, pretentious, rotund, turgid). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מלץ (epigrammatic, fulsome, rhetoric, rotund, sententious). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nagyhangú (blatant, clamorous, claptrap, mouthy, oratorical, pretentious, rotund), dagályos (bombast, bombastic, effusive, flatulent, highfaluting, high-flown, inflated, luscious, magniloquent, mouth-filling, pompous, puffed-up, ranting, redundant, stilted). (various references) | |
Italian | magniloquente (magniloquent). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | andiloquentgray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | grandloquo, com grande eloquncia. (various references) | |
Romanian | grandilocvent (magniloquent), doctoral (didactic, doctoral, heavy), bombastic (baggy, bombastic, bombastically, declamatory, emphatic, exaggerative, flamboyant, grandiose, high-blown, highfalutin, highfaluting, high-flown, inflated, magniloquent, mouthy, plethoric, puffy, rotund, stilted, turgid). (various references) | |
Russian | высокопарный (altisonant, heroic, high-flown, magniloquent, spread eagle, turgid), напыщенный (bombastic, declamatory, flatulent, grandiose, high-blown, highfalutin, highfaluting, mouth-filling, mouthy, orotund, pompous, toploty, tub-thumping, tumid). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | bombastičan (bombastic, fustian). (various references) | |
Spanish | grandilocuente (magniloquent). (various references) | |
Swedish | bombastisk (fustian, mouthy, orotund, overblown). (various references) | |
Turkish | yerinde (answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, calculated, condign, conformable, expedient, felicitous, fit, fitted, in, in one's stead, in place, just, legitimate, on the premises, opportune, Pat, pertinent, pointed, pro-, proper, pursuant, rightful, snappy, sound, suitable, valid, well, well-judged), tumturaklı (bombastic, highfaluting, high-flown, rhetorical, rotund, stilted, tumid). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | високомовний (high-flown), пишномовний (altisonant, baggy, declamatory, exaggerative, gorgeous, heroic, magniloquent, mannered, opulent, ornate, orotund, ossianic, puffy, rhetorical, stilted, turgid). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | khoác lác (boastful, rodomontade, tall, vaunting). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "grandiloquent": grandiloquently. (additional references) | |
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"Grandiloquent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: grandaloquent, grandeloquent, grandiloquents. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "grandiloquent" (pronounced grandi"lukwunt) |
| 7 | -l u k w u n t | eloquent. |
| 6 | -u k w u n t | consequent, subsequent. |
| 5 | -k w u n t | delinquent, frequent, infrequent, Sequent. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-g-i-l-n-n-o-q-r-t-u" | |
-2 letters: outlearning. | |
-3 letters: denaturing, internodal, laundering, outearning, outgrinned, outreading, quaternion, regulation, untreading, urogenital. | |
-4 letters: aureoling, detouring, girandole, granulite, indulgent, integrand, inundator, ligatured, longitude, loudening, neuroglia, outdaring, outgained, outglared, outlander, outranged, reloading, reloaning, roqueting, treadling, trialogue, trundling, unaligned, underlain, underling, ungodlier, unleading, unloading, untangled, untrained. | |
-5 letters: adorning, aequorin, alerting, altering, androgen, anointed, anointer, antidrug, antinode, antiqued. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-g-i-l-n-n-o-q-r-t-u" | |
+2 letters: grandiloquently. | |
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