Grandiloquent (adj)
grand-il-oh-kwent
speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous.
Grandiloquent was formed from the noun grandiloquence, which came from the Latin word grandiloqu(us), “speaking loftily.”
Example sentences
“She likes to portray herself in a grandiloquent way, forgetting she came from the same place as the rest of us.”
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