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grandiloquence

noun

high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation

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Word length
14
Starts with
G
Ends with
E
Contains
RA
Scrabble score
27
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

  1. high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation

    “the grandiosity of his prose”

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the grandiosity of his prose
an excessive ornateness of language

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