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magniloquent

[mag-nil-uh-kwuhnt] / mægˈnɪl ə kwənt /


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Boris Johnson has long spun political gold from his magniloquent tongue, using what some linguists and observers say bombastic language, esoteric vocabulary, occasional crudity and episodes of bumbling bluster.

From Reuters Jul. 23, 2019

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with the Revolution succeeded by the reign of Napoleon, that meant history painting: magniloquent tableaus — battles, shipwrecks, coronations — in which myth and reality met.

From New York Times Jan. 24, 2013

Jay-Z's final album is a typically magniloquent send-off, with production by the Neptunes and Eminem, among others.

From Time Magazine Archive

It opens with a magniloquent sunlit air view of Manhattan and with Hellinger's voice, talking of his town with as happy pride and affection as if it were his year-old son, already counting to ten.

From Time Magazine Archive

These last words were pronounced with an accent of the most magniloquent solemnity.

From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Lever, Charles James




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