(a.) Disposed to bold claims; presuming; assuming\.

Gongoresque Gongoristic Johnsonian Marinistic affected ambitious arrogant artificial arty aureate bedizened big big-sounding bombastic chichi classy convoluted declamatory elaborate elaborated elevated euphuistic exaggerated extravagant fancy feigned flamboyant flaming flashy flaunting flossy flowery fulsome garish gassy gaudy grandiloquent grandiose grandisonant haughty high and mighty high-flowing high-flown high-flying high-hat high-sounding high-swelling high-toned highfalutin highfaluting histrionic hoity-toity hyperelegant imposing inflated inkhorn insincere la-di-da labyrinthine lexiphanic lofty lurid magniloquent maniere mannered meretricious mincing orotund ostentatious overacted overblown overdone overelaborate overelegant overinvolved overnice overrefined overwrought peacockish peacocky pedantic pompous precieuse precieux precious put-on rhetorical sensational sensationalistic sententious showy snobbish snotty sonorous splashy stagy stilted studied superficial swank swollen tall theatrical tony too-too tortuous tumid turgid unnatural utopian vainglorious vaunting visionary windy