magniloquent

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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

Leslie's defiantly magniloquent homages to Caravaggio and David, with pink, corn-fed flesh licked by brusque, sweaty highlights.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ellenborough could not resist the temptation to copy Napoleon’s magniloquent proclamation under the pyramids.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various