Definition of "grandiloquous" []

• Grandiloquent (adjective)

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• "He has endeavoured to render THE PICTURE an intelligent _Cicerone_, without being too garrulous or grandiloquous, -- but always attentive to the stranger, leading him to every remarkable object, and giving just as much description of each, as would be acceptable to persons enjoying the full use of their eyes."