grandiosity (n)
magniloquence (n)
ornateness (n)
grandiloquence (n)
rhetoric#2 (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 10
def high-flown style
def excessive use of verbal ornamentation
examples the grandiosity of his prose
an excessive ornateness of language
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Hypernym expressive style, style
Derivationally related form grandiloquence → grandiloquent
Derivationally related form ornateness → ornate
Derivationally related form magniloquence → magniloquent
Derivationally related form grandiosity → grandiose
Hyponym flourish; bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah
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Derivationally related form grandiose → grandiosity
Derivationally related form ornate → ornateness
Derivationally related form magniloquent → magniloquence
Derivationally related form grandiloquent → grandiloquence
Hypernym flourish; bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah
Hyponym expressive style, style

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