English noun: magniloquence | |||
1. | magniloquence (communication) high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation | ||
Samples | The grandiosity of his prose. An excessive ornateness of language. | ||
Synonyms | grandiloquence, grandiosity, ornateness, rhetoric | ||
Broader (hypernym) | expressive style, style | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | blah, bombast, claptrap, flourish, fustian, rant | ||