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grandiose

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ɡɹæn.diˈəʊs/
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/ɡɹæn.diˈəʊs/ · /ˈɡɹæn.di.əʊs/

Definition of grandiose

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Large and impressive, in size, scope or extent.
    “Independence does not need to be a grandiose process of disconnection and severing ties.”
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adj

  1. Large and impressive, in size, scope or extent.
    “Independence does not need to be a grandiose process of disconnection and severing ties.”
  2. Pompous or pretentious.
    “There is a station here, of course, opened as Didcot in June 1844 and renamed as the more grandiose-sounding Didcot Parkway in July 1985.”
  3. Magnificent or spectacular.

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Etymology

From French grandiose, from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Possibly from grand + -ose, though to be debated. Doublet of grandioso.

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