grandeur

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈɡɹæn.djʊə/
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/ˈɡɹæn.djʊə/ · /ˈɡɹæn.djɜː/ · /ˈɡɹan.d͡ʒə(ː)/ · /ˈɡɹan.d͡ʒɔː/ · /ˈɡɹan.d͡ʒɜː/ · /ˈɡɹæn.d͡ʒɚ/ (US) · /ˈɡɹæn.d͡ʒʊɚ/ (US) · /ˈɡɹæn.d(j)ʊɚ/ (US) · /ˈɡɹæn.d(j)ɚ/ (US)

Definition of grandeur

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (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

  1. (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.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)Nobility (state of being noble).
  3. (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”).

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