Meaning of magniloquentia | Babel Free
[maŋ.nɪ.ɫɔˈkʷɛn.ti.a]Definitions
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Verbose or elevated speech, of a grandiose style declension-1, feminine
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Pompous or boastful language declension-1, feminine
Examples
“Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares, 13.15. itaque ab Homeri magniloquentia confero me ad vera praecepta Euripidou.”
Accordingly from the high style of Homer I transfer myself to the true maxims of Euripides.
“Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, 44.15.2. qua audita re principem legationis, cuius magniloquentiam uix curia paulo ante ceperat, corruisse.”
On hearing this the leader of the legation, whose boastful language the House had a few moments before hardly been able to endure, fell down in a state of collapse.
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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