grandiloquence

[ɡræn'diləkwəns]
  • n. 豪言壮语,豪语;夸张之言
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grandiloquence (n.)
"lofty speaking or expression," 1580s, from Latin grandiloquentia, from grandiloquus "using lofty speech, bombastic," from grandis "big" (see grand (adj.)) + -loquus "speaking," from loqui "to speak" (see locution).