Associations to the word «Grandiloquent»
Adjective
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Wiktionary
GRANDILOQUENT, adjective. (of a person, their language or writing) given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive amount of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid
Dictionary definition
GRANDILOQUENT, adjective. Lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying".
GRANDILOQUENT, adjective. Puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek.
Wise words
To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of
understanding; one must use the same words for the same
genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's
experiences in common.