GRANDIOSITY

grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric

(noun) high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; “the grandiosity of his prose”; “an excessive ornateness of language”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

grandiosity (countable and uncountable, plural grandiosities)

The state of being grandiose (pompous or pretentious).

Source: Wiktionary


Gran"di*os"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. grandiosité, It. grandiosità.]

Definition: The state or quality of being grandiose,

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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