Grandiloquence
- Noun
The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense.
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and Asklepius. Although occasionally his grandiloquence blunts the poetic effect of his work, some
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for the medieval) were characterised more by prosopography and grandiloquence than by historical precision.
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of the most important Spanish-American poets, his poetry of grandiloquent tone was very sonorous
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to agree. According to tip, a Berlin-based magazine, "(...) due to their grandiloquent dimwittedness, the lyrics provoke only tormented laughter." (June 1984)