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magniloquent

/mag-nil-uh-kwuhnt/US // mægˈnɪl ə kwənt //UK // (mæɡˈnɪləkwənt) //

口若悬河,口才好,口才了得,口若悬河的人

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.

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Examples

  • He would be a terrifying presence: a magniloquent, more than slightly mad, extremely charming monster.

  • An ambitious stripling has only to brandish his sword and shout a few magniloquent words to induce them to rush to certain death.

  • There is almost equal truth in the magniloquent eulogies of his admirers, as in the impassioned invectives of his enemies.

  • It has come to be the mode to express the most simple thought in the most magniloquent phrase.

  • "Josephine wants to make a great illumination of the grounds of the estate," said Julia, magniloquent.

  • According to his own magniloquent phrase, he was 'exceptionally happy.'