altiloquent

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Etymology

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Frp, Latin alte (adverb) (from altus (high)) + loquens, p. pr. of loqui (to speak).

Adjective

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altiloquent (comparative more altiloquent, superlative most altiloquent)

  1. Pompous, or pretentious in speech
    • 1976, John Gardner, Jason and Medeia, Ballantine Books:
      [T]hey listened, dazzle-eyed- secretly making lists- to grandly romantic trash: bad poetry, stupid theology- altiloquent designs in the empty air.
    • 1921, Holman Day, All Wool Morrison, Kessinger Publishing:
      He remembered that the politeness seemed too elaborate, too florid, altiloquent to the extent of insincerity.

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