Today's Word "magniloquen"
Lofty or grandiose in speech
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magniloquent \mag-NIL-uh-kwent\ (adjective) - Lofty or grandiose in speech or expression; using a high-flown style of discourse; bombastic.
"Although Napoleon presented himself as 'the Enlightenment embodied, bringing rationality and justice to peoples hitherto ruled in the interests of privileged castes,' and although he may even have believed to some degree in the image he presented, the reality of his rule belied the magniloquent professions of moral generosity." -- Algis Valiunas, 'The ashes of Napoleon'
Magniloquent is derived from Latin magniloquentia , from magnus , "great" + the present participle of loqui , "to speak."
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