DECLAMATORY

bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid

(adjective) ostentatiously lofty in style; “a man given to large talk”; “tumid political prose”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

declamatory (comparative more declamatory, superlative most declamatory)

Having the quality of a declamation.

Pretentiously lofty in style; bombastic.

Source: Wiktionary

De*clam"a*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. declamatorius: cf. F. déclamatoire.]

1. Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme.

2. Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a declamatory way or style.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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