altiloquent

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Pompous, or pretentious in speech
    — [T]hey listened, dazzle-eyed- secretly making lists- to grandly romantic trash: bad poetry, stupid theology- altiloquent designs in the empty air.

词形变化

more altiloquent comparative most altiloquent superlative

词源

Pseudo-Latinism, derived from altē (“high; from on high”, adverb) + loquēns (“speaking; talking”, present active participle of loquor (“to say”)), literally “high-speaking”.
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