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grandiloquent

adj.
US //ɡɹænˈdɪɫəkwənt// UK //ɡɹˈændɪlˌɒkwənt// grandil·o·quent
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From Middle French grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis (“great, full”) + loquēns, present participle of loquor (“to speak”). Compare eloquent.

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