Grandiloquent vs Pontificate - What's the difference?
grandiloquent | pontificate |
given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive amount of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid
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To preside as a bishop, especially at mass.
To act like a pontiff; to express one’s position or opinions dogmatically and pompously as if they were absolutely correct.
To speak in a patronizing, supercilious or pompous manner, especially at length.
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As an adjective grandiloquent
is given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive amount of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid.As a noun pontificate is
the state or term of office of a pontiff or pontifex.As a verb pontificate is
to preside as a bishop, especially at mass.grandiloquent
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Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (overly wordy or elaborate) bombastic, extravagant, flowery, ostentatious, pretentious, sesquipedalianpontificate
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) pontificatus, from .Etymology 2
From the past participle stem of mediaeval (etyl) .Verb
(pontificat)New York Times
- During a policy discussion awhile back about New York issues, when Mr. Clinton began to pontificate , she told him that he did not exactly know what he was talking about and to hush up.