Grandiloquent

a.

1.

Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.

Adj.	1.	grandiloquent - lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" Synonyms: magniloquent, tall
	2.	grandiloquent - puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek Synonyms: overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous

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