grandeur
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- 10
- Words With Friends
- 13
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- 8
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Definition of grandeur
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.
“I wrapp’d myself in grandeur then, And donn’d a visionary crown ——”
“So much of what followed from the drawing boards of others will have been designed with the demands, effort and grandeur of Primrose Hill [tunnel] in the back of their minds.”
“In a tightly choreographed ceremony filled with imperial grandeur, Xi and Putin then walked towards each other and met in the middle, smiling as they shook hands.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.
“I wrapp’d myself in grandeur then, And donn’d a visionary crown ——”
“So much of what followed from the drawing boards of others will have been designed with the demands, effort and grandeur of Primrose Hill [tunnel] in the back of their minds.”
“In a tightly choreographed ceremony filled with imperial grandeur, Xi and Putin then walked towards each other and met in the middle, smiling as they shook hands.”
- (countable, uncountable)Nobility (state of being noble).
- (archaic, countable, rare, uncountable)Greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French grandeur, from Old French grandur, from grant (French grand), from Latin grandis (“grown up, great”).
Words you can make from grandeur
167 playable · top: GNARRED (9 pts)
Best play gnarred 9 points7-letter words
3 words6-letter words
19 words5-letter words
30 words- AGUED 7 pts
- DURAG 7 pts
- GRADE 7 pts
- GRAND 7 pts
- GUARD 7 pts
- NUDGE 7 pts
- RAGED 7 pts
- URGED 7 pts
- ANGER 6 pts
- ARGUE 6 pts
- AUGER 6 pts
- DARER 6 pts
- DENAR 6 pts
- DREAR 6 pts
- DURRA 6 pts
- GENUA 6 pts
- GNARR 6 pts
- NUDER 6 pts
- RAGER 6 pts
- RANGE 6 pts
- RARED 6 pts
- REDAN 6 pts
- REGNA 6 pts
- RUDER 6 pts
- RUGAE 6 pts
- UNDER 6 pts
- URGER 6 pts
- RERAN 5 pts
- RERUN 5 pts
- URARE 5 pts
4-letter words
58 words- AGED 6 pts
- DANG 6 pts
- DRAG 6 pts
- DREG 6 pts
- DRUG 6 pts
- DUNG 6 pts
- EGAD 6 pts
- GAED 6 pts
- GAUD 6 pts
- GRAD 6 pts
- GUDE 6 pts
- AGER 5 pts
- AGUE 5 pts
- AREG 5 pts
- DARE 5 pts
- DARN 5 pts
- DEAN 5 pts
- DEAR 5 pts
- DUNE 5 pts
- DURA 5 pts
- DURE 5 pts
- DURN 5 pts
- DURR 5 pts
- GAEN 5 pts
- GANE 5 pts
- GAUN 5 pts
- GAUR 5 pts
- GEAN 5 pts
- GEAR 5 pts
- GENU 5 pts
- GNAR 5 pts
- GRAN 5 pts
- GRUE 5 pts
- GUAN 5 pts
- GUAR 5 pts
- NARD 5 pts
- NERD 5 pts
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- NURD 5 pts
- RAGE 5 pts
- RAND 5 pts
- RANG 5 pts
- READ 5 pts
- REND 5 pts
- RUDE 5 pts
- RUED 5 pts
- RUGA 5 pts
- RUNG 5 pts
- UNDE 5 pts
- URGE 5 pts
- EARN 4 pts
- NARE 4 pts
- NEAR 4 pts
- RARE 4 pts
- REAR 4 pts
- RUER 4 pts
- RUNE 4 pts
- UREA 4 pts
3-letter words
41 words- DAG 5 pts
- DUG 5 pts
- GAD 5 pts
- GED 5 pts
- AGE 4 pts
- AND 4 pts
- DAN 4 pts
- DEN 4 pts
- DUE 4 pts
- DUN 4 pts
- END 4 pts
- ENG 4 pts
- ERG 4 pts
- GAE 4 pts
- GAN 4 pts
- GAR 4 pts
- GEN 4 pts
- GNU 4 pts
- GRR 4 pts
- GUN 4 pts
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- NEG 4 pts
- NUG 4 pts
- RAD 4 pts
- RAG 4 pts
- RED 4 pts
- REG 4 pts
- RUG 4 pts
- URD 4 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAU 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- ERR 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
- RUN 3 pts
- URN 3 pts
2-letter words
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