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magniloquence

noun as in pomposity

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Nevertheless, the Sultan detected a shade of hesitation in spite of the magniloquence of this refusal.

However, Johnson's attempt to appease him was a curious specimen of his magniloquence.

He was simple and unaffected in his manners, and never assumed any magniloquence because of his exalted position.

All this magniloquence and bad taste, however, is intelligible enough.

Possibly I should explain, too, the apparent magniloquence of the phrase describing golf as a "fact of real national importance."

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On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to magniloquence, such as: bombast, eloquence, grandiloquence, grandiosity, and boastful.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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