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Definition of Magniloquence
1. Noun. High-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation. "An excessive ornateness of language"
Specialized synonyms: Flourish, Blah, Bombast, Claptrap, Fustian, Rant
Generic synonyms: Expressive Style, Style
Derivative terms: Grandiloquent, Grandiose, Magniloquent, Ornate
Definition of Magniloquence
1. n. The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence.
Definition of Magniloquence
1. Noun. The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Magniloquence
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Magniloquence
Literary usage of Magniloquence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"All the sects ridiculed this magniloquence of Epicurus, as inconsistent with ...
magniloquence; high-sounding pedantry. [Bare.] Of many anatomical terms the ..."
2. Words and Their Ways in English Speech by James Bradstreet Greenough, George Lyman Kittredge (1901)
"Courtesy, not democratic push, is the explanation of the kind of magniloquence
which we have been studying. There is nothing ' new' or essentially vulgar in ..."
3. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1885)
"Magnificent, Magnify, magniloquence ; see Magnitude. Magnitude, greatness. ...
Distinct from main, sb., which is of AS origin. magniloquence. ..."
4. By the Way by William Foster Apthorp (1898)
"Bulk is not necessarily vulgar, neither is magniloquence. Fustian is vulgar, if
you will; but there is a magniloquence which is not fustian. ..."
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