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magniloquent

[mag-nil-uh-kwuhnt] / mægˈnɪl ə kwənt /


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Boris Johnson has long spun political gold from his magniloquent tongue, using what some linguists and observers say bombastic language, esoteric vocabulary, occasional crudity and episodes of bumbling bluster.

From Reuters • Jul. 23, 2019

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with the Revolution succeeded by the reign of Napoleon, that meant history painting: magniloquent tableaus — battles, shipwrecks, coronations — in which myth and reality met.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2013

T.R. had criticized Wilson for "hopeless weakness" and "magniloquent vagueness."

From Time Magazine Archive

They are completely unlike Rubens' magniloquent blond wardrobes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Magnificent, magniloquent, turbulent, it is starred with glowing phrases as thickly as with glowing deeds.

From A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III by McCarthy, Justin




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