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grandiosity (n.)

1814, from French grandiosité; see grandiose + -ity.

The author now and then makes a word for his own use, as complicate, for complicated; and, still less fortunately 'grandiosity' (p. 343). [review of Joseph Forsyth's "Remarks on Italy" in Edinburgh Review, January 1814]

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Definitions of grandiosity from WordNet

grandiosity (n.)
high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation;
the grandiosity of his prose
Synonyms: magniloquence / ornateness / grandiloquence / rhetoric
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