mag·nil·o·quent (m g-n l -kw nt). adj. Lofty and extravagant in speech; grandiloquent. [Back formation from magniloquence, grandiloquence, from Latin magniloquentia : magnus, great; see meg- in Indo-European roots + loqu ns, loquent-, ...
<he's prone to fits of maudlin magniloquence when he's drunk>. Origin of MAGNILOQUENCE. Latin magniloquentia, from magniloquus magniloquent, from magnus + loqui to speak. First Known Use: circa 1623. Related to MAGNILOQUENCE ...