magniloquence
51rhetoric — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. oratory, eloquence, elocution, declamation, floridity. See speech. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Speech] Syn. composition, discourse, oratory, oration; see eloquence 1 , speech 3 . 2. [Grandiloquence] Syn.… …
52fustian — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bombast, ranting, pomposity; see euphuism , wordiness . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. bombastic, pompous, pretentious, extravagant, grandiose, lofty. ANT.: understated, low key III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun… …
53grandiloquence — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Pretentious, pompous speech or writing: bombast, claptrap, fustian, magniloquence, orotun dity, rant, turgidity. See PLAIN, STYLE, WORDS …
54orotundity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Pretentious, pompous speech or writing: bombast, claptrap, fustian, grandiloquence, magniloquence, rant, turgidity. See PLAIN, STYLE, WORDS …
55turgidity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Pretentious, pompous speech or writing: bombast, claptrap, fustian, grandiloquence, magniloquence, orotundity, rant. See PLAIN, STYLE, WORDS …
56Boasting — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Boasting >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 boasting boasting &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 boast boast vaunt crake| Sgm: N 1 pretense pretense pretensions Sgm: N 1 puff puff puffery …
57magniloquent — (adj.) 1650s, a back formation from magniloquence, or else from L. magniloquentia lofty style of language, from magniloquus pompous in talk, vaunting, boastful, from comb. form of magnus great (see MAGNATE (Cf. magnate)) + loquus speaking, from… …
58magniloquent — [mag nɪləkwənt] adjective using high flown or bombastic language. Derivatives magniloquence noun magniloquently adverb …
59bombast — n. Fustian, rodomontade, rant, altiloquence, magniloquence, sesquipedalianism, grandiloquence, sesquipedalia verba, turgid talk, inflated style, swelling or pompous phraseology …
60eloquence — noun the eloquence of his sermons Syn: fluency, articulateness, expressiveness, silver tongue, persuasiveness, forcefulness, power, potency, effectiveness; oratory, rhetoric, grandiloquence, magniloquence; informal gift of the gab, way with words …
