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 | ||