The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is grandiloquent
| source : web1913 |
Grandiloquent \Gran*dil"o*quent\, a. [L. grandis grand + logui
to speak.]
Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
| source : wn |
grandiloquent
adj 1: lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never
really realizes what he is saying" [syn: {magniloquent},
{tall}]
2: puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful
manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech";
"pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"-
Newsweek [syn: {overblown}, {pompous}, {pontifical}, {portentous}]