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grandiloquent

adjective

NAmE//ɡrænˈdɪləkwənt//

(formal) (disapproving)

using long or complicated words in order to impress people synonym pompous

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grandiloquence

NAmE//ɡrænˈdɪləkwəns//

noun [uncountable]See grandiloquent in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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