1. speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous in speech or writing
Usage: formal; often implies excessive grandness

Examples

• The politician’s magniloquent speech impressed few voters with its substance.
• Her magniloquent writing style made the simple story seem overly dramatic.
• The professor’s magniloquent lectures often confused students with their elaborate language.
• Critics dismissed the author’s magniloquent prose as pretentious and overwrought.
• His magniloquent promises during the campaign proved to be empty rhetoric.
• The magniloquent introduction lasted longer than the actual presentation.