Associations to the word «Grandiloquence»

Wiktionary

GRANDILOQUENCE, noun. Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing

Dictionary definition

GRANDILOQUENCE, noun. High-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language".

Wise words

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.
Dan Quayle