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grandiloquence (n.)

"lofty speaking or expression," 1580s, from Latin grandiloquentia, from grandiloquus "using lofty speech, bombastic," from grandis "big" (see grand (adj.)) + -loquus "speaking," from loqui "to speak" (from PIE root *tolkw- "to speak").

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Definitions of grandiloquence from WordNet

grandiloquence (n.)
high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation;
Synonyms: grandiosity / magniloquence / ornateness / rhetoric
From wordnet.princeton.edu