Definition of magniloquent

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mag·nil·o·quent    (mg-nl-kwnt) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:

Lofty and extravagant in speech; grandiloquent.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Back formation from magniloquence, grandiloquence, from Latin magniloquentia : magnus, great; see meg- in Indo-European roots + loquns , loquent- present participle of loqu, to speak; see tolk^w- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
mag·nilo·quence (Noun), mag·nilo·quent·ly (Adverb)

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