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Grandiloquent describes a person, a speech, or a style that uses words that are too long and too formal in order to sound important. It is the adjective that goes with . A grandiloquent speaker is not simply eloquent. Eloquent is praise for speaking well and clearly. Grandiloquent has a raised in it: you hear the big words, and you suspect the ideas underneath are smaller. It is itself a rather formal, adjective, which is a little funny. It comes from Latin grandis “great, full” plus loquēns, the “speaking” form of loquor “to speak”.
掉書袋的、文謅謅的（帶批評；和「口才好」的 eloquent 不一樣）
組成From Middle French grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus: grandis (“great, full”) + loquēns, the present participle of loquor (“to speak”). Compare eloquent.
同家族的字
- grandiloquencethe noun for this style of speech
- eloquentsame Latin “speak” root; eloquent is praise, grandiloquent is not
- grandfrom Latin grandis “great”
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
grandiloquentadj/ɡɹænˈdɪl.ə.kwənt/
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Given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid.
- The American people believe that they have a free country, and we are treated to grandiloquent speeches about our flag and our reputation for freedom and enlightenment.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。