altiloquent
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prettygoodwordaltiloquent (al-TIL-uh-kwuhnt) - adj., high-sounding in speech.
With a very strong connotation of pompous or pretentious. Coined around 1660 from Latin roots alti-, high + loquentem, speaking. Speech from a high pulpit, perhaps?
---L.
With a very strong connotation of pompous or pretentious. Coined around 1660 from Latin roots alti-, high + loquentem, speaking. Speech from a high pulpit, perhaps?
---L.
