magniloquent
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Definition of magniloquent
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Using pompous speech; speaking with deliberately long or esoteric words.
“There is no doubt that the ordinary reader would enjoy, and he certainly would profit much by, a revival of the classic work—if only he did not fall asleep over its magniloquent but perissological otiosity.”
“The sermonizer, said Dwight [Macdonald], was guilty of "puerile, stupid twaddle" and seemed to have "a remarkable power of hypnotizing himself with magniloquent platitudes."”
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Etymology
From post-Classical Latin magniloquens (“talkative, verbose”).
Words you can make from magniloquent
200+ playable · top: EQUALING (18 pts)
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40 words- EQUATING 18 pts
- QUANTING 18 pts
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- EQUATION 17 pts
- NONEQUAL 17 pts
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101 words- QUOTING 17 pts
- ALIQUOT 16 pts
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6-letter words
51 words- ENIGMA 9 pts
- GAMINE 9 pts
- GIMLET 9 pts
- GLIOMA 9 pts
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