Dictionary 1. (a.) Pertaining to public recitation; rhetorical; bombastic; pretentiously rhetorical; bombastic; as, a declamatory way or style\.Thesaurus Gongoresque Johnsonian affected aureate bedizened big-sounding bombastic convoluted elevated elocutionary eloquent euphuistic flamboyant flaming flashy flaunting flowery forensic fulsome garish gaudy grandiloquent grandiose grandisonant high-flowing high-flown high-flying high-sounding highfalutin inkhorn labyrinthine lexiphanic lofty lurid magniloquent meretricious oratorical orotund ostentatious overdone overelaborate overinvolved overwrought pedantic pompous pretentious rhetorical sensational sensationalistic sententious showy sonorous stilted tall tortuous |
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