magniloquent
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- adjective
- /mæɡˈnɪləkwənt/
- Formal
- His writing often becomes magniloquent, filled with grand words and elaborate phrases.
Examples
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Though magniloquent in tone, her letter failed to address the main issue.
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The politician's magniloquent speech filled the audience with awe and admiration.
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The senator's magniloquent speech impressed some listeners, but others found it pretentious.
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He is magniloquent!
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The speaker was quite magniloquent during the presentation.
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She had a magniloquent way of expressing her ideas that captivated everyone in the room.
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His magniloquent style of writing made even simple topics sound grand and important.
Synonyms
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Trying to seem more important or clever than you really are
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Acting more important and formal than necessary
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Too big and showy in a way that tries to seem more important than it is
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Acting as if you are better than other people
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Using big, showy words that have little real meaning
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Behaving or speaking in a fancy way to seem more important
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Using grand or showy language to seem important
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Using words or ideas that sound grand and showy but feel unrealistic
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Seeming important or impressive but lacking real meaning and honesty
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Using long, difficult words in speech or writing
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Using long, fancy words to sound important
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Very fancy in a way that shows you think you are better than others
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Showing off and acting more important than others
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Acting very serious and proud in a way that annoys others
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Speech or writing that uses very grand, showy language
About public speaking that is very formal and showy
Antonyms
How Pompous
Surface Forms
Morphology
magniloquent = eloquent (opaque) = magni + loqu + ent
Although built from Latin elements (magn- meaning 'great' + loqu- 'speak'), these combining forms and the prefix 'magni-' are not productive or obvious to an average B1 learner, so the meaning is not transparently predictable.
Etymology
Magniloquent comes from two parts: magn- meaning 'great' and loqu- meaning 'speak', the same root you see in eloquent. So, to be magniloquent is to speak in a grand, showy way—big and sometimes too proud or pompous.