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Significados de grandiloquence em inglês

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High-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation.

grandiosidade
Uso de grandiloquence em inglês
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To have found expression for it, without grandiloquence, is no commonplace achievement.
The Guardian
2
But your grandiloquence, and your conduct in swinging the beetle-howexcessively odd!
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
3
It was a long speech, but this was clearly the time for grandiloquence.
Can You Feel Anything When I Do This?
4
Possibly Miss Corson was covering embarrassment with the jaunty grandiloquence that she displayed.
All-Wool Morrison / Time -- Today, Place -- the United States, P...
5
It was mostly put on, of course, this false grandiloquence of the prig.
A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote)
6
He pressed Elton's hand and endeavored to express his gratitude with appropriate grandiloquence.
Unleavened Bread
7
She knew all the lines by heart, in their spacious grandiloquence; lines such as:
The Old Wives' Tale
8
The grandiloquence went out of the voice of Telfer and his face became serious.
Windy McPherson's Son
9
He adored eloquence, not to say grandiloquence: he was the son of a barrister.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 2
10
Anyone who has heard and admired his spoken grandiloquence will welcome its transference to print.
The Irish Times
11
He uses the simplest phrases without triviality, and the grandest without a suggestion of grandiloquence.
The Principles of Success in Literature
12
What warrant is there for the grandiloquence of the phrase: the Oldest part of the Mind?
The Glands Regulating Personality / A Study of the Glands of Int...
13
Mrs. Dodd smiled at the grandiloquence of youth, and told him he had mistaken her character.
Hard Cash
14
He spoke execrable French, but there was a grandiloquence about his vocabulary which set everyone laughing.
The Magician
15
Nothing could have been more fortunate; it afforded a fine scope for my favorite vein of grandiloquence.
The Crayon Papers
16
And yet, for all its grandiloquence, there was something in his speech that rang hard and true.
Heart of the Sunset
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português
grandiosidade
Grandiloquence ao longo do tempo