flowery language

Instead of just lecturing everyone in his vague flowery language, he should put some specific proposals on the table.

Such was the flowery language of the Observer in those days.

Another authority tells us, in less flowery language, that he was of herculean frame and very strong constitution.

Little Sky-High burst forth into the forbidden "flowery language."

From ridicule of the dead emperor the satire goes on to welcome the new one in flowery language.

Italian is a flowery language whose rhetorical turns and phrases require constant exercise to keep them in smooth working order.