BLOVIATE

bloviate

(verb) orate verbosely and windily

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

bloviate (third-person singular simple present bloviates, present participle bloviating, simple past and past participle bloviated)

(US) To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.

Usage notes

Particularly used of politicians, bloviate has passed in and out of fashion over the centuries, falling out of fashion by end of 19th century, but was popularized in the early 1920s with reference to president Warren G. Harding, again in the 1990s, and then once more during the 2000 presidential election.

Synonyms

• See also talk.

Anagrams

• oblative

Source: Wiktionary



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