magniloquent
pompous or high-flown in speech
Roots
- loqu / locut: speak
- magn: great or large
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
- grandiloquent: pompous in speech
- interlocutor: a person taking part in a conversation
- loquacious: talkative
Other words with the magn root
- magnanimity: generosity of spirit
- magnanimous: generous and noble-spirited
- magnate: a powerful or influential person
- magnificent: splendid, grand, or impressive
- magnify: to make larger or more important
- magnitude: great size, extent, or importance
Magniloquent speech is big speech: grand words inflated past ordinary use.
The magniloquent toast made a simple dinner sound like a coronation.