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grandiloquence

gran.dil.o.quence \gran-'dil-*-kw*n(t)s\ \-kw*nt\ n [prob. fr. MF, fr. L 
   grandiloquus using lofty language, fr. grandis] + loqui to speak : lofty or 
   pompous eloquence : BOMBAST  - gran.dil.o.quent aj