grandiloquent
pompous in speech
Roots
- grand: large, great, or grand
- loqu / locut: speak
Other words with the grand root
- grand: large or impressive
Other words with the loqu / locut root
- circumlocution: roundabout speech
- colloquial: informal in speech or writing
- colloquy: a conversation or formal discussion
- eloquence: powerful, fluent expression
- eloquent: fluent and persuasive in speech
- interlocutor: a person taking part in a conversation
- loquacious: talkative
Grandiloquent speech is grand plus loquent: big speech, often too big.
The grandiloquent introduction used five sentences before reaching one idea.
Grandiloquent is not just long. It is speech inflated toward grandeur: large words, large posture, and sometimes not enough substance underneath.