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grandiloquence
/ɡrænˈdɪləkwəns/
noun
kwiecistość
Also
pompatyczność(f)górnolotność(f)
Definition
Pompous or extravagant language, style, or manner, especially in writing or speech, intended to impress.
Examples
His speech was full of grandiloquence but lacked substance.
Jego przemówienie było pełne górnolotności, ale brakowało mu treści.
She found his grandiloquence rather tiresome.
Jego kwiecistość uznała za dość męczącą.
Synonyms
Collocations
empty grandiloquencerhetorical grandiloquence
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