Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bloviant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: blo-viant
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to bloviate.

Example Sentences

"For strained metaphor this has not been equaled since a bloviant congressman began his eulogy upon Senator Vance with the words […]"

Etymology

From blow + -i- + -ant, by analogy with deviant. See bloviate.

Inflected Forms

more bloviant (comparative) most bloviant (superlative)

Questions

What does bloviant mean?: Tending to bloviate.
Where does bloviant come from?: From blow + -i- + -ant, by analogy with deviant. See bloviate.

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