grandiloquy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "How highly their firſt God tranſcendenth our God the Creator, appeareth from the ſwelling nonſenſical Grandiloquies, which the Platoniſts of the Chriſtian Church derive from their School;"
- "I trust, therefore, that the same allowance will be accorded me, if I should be betrayed, whilst writing about Marseilles, into similar grandiloquy."
- "If I stated the number of chloroform applications that I have made with complete safety, it might be considered as grandiloquy, and as a slur upon professional brethren who have had the misfortune of meeting with fatal accidents."
- "And treason, swift as the dawn of morn, / Flies through the land, to destruction borne— / If you wish to stop the grandiloquy / Of the approaching storm, of which you, / As yet, have the prologue, / Hie quickly home."
- "These grandiloquies, whether at the official marts or casual meeting-places, produced no shortlived effect."
Etymology
Probably partly from Late Latin grandiloquium, and partly (especially in later use) an alteration of grandiloquence after other words in -loquy. By surface analysis, grand + -i- + -loquy.
Word Breakdown
- Root: grandiloquium