(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:00:38

Mag*nil"o*quent (?), a. [L. magnus great + loquens, -entis, p. pr. of loqui to speak. See Magnitude, Loquacious.]

Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.

-- Mag*nil"o*quent*ly, adv.

 

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