grandiloquence

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 21, 2020 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>grandiloquence</strong> &#149; \gran-DIH-luh-kwunss\&nbsp; &#149; <em>noun</em><br /> <p><strong>:</strong> a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language</p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"The film finds its grounding in the closing scene when it strips away its <em>grandiloquence</em> and Beyoncé sings an a cappella version of 'Spirit' backed by a gospel choir…." — <a href="https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/beyonces-black-is-king-on-disney-plus-a-celebration-of-the-black-experience">Aidin Vaziri, <em>The San Francisco Chronicle</em>, 2 Aug. 2020</a></p> <p>"There will be plenty more rhetoric, pomposity and <em>grandiloquence</em> in the next few weeks as negotiations between the union and MLB get hot and heavy." — <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/5/13/21257221/commentary-mlb-players-owners-2020-season-negotiations">Bob Nightengale, <em>USA Today</em>, 13 May 2020</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p><em>Grandiloquence</em>, which debuted in English in the 16th century, is one of several English words pertaining to speech that derive from the Latin <em>loqui</em>, meaning "to speak." Other offspring of <em>loqui</em> include <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eloquent">eloquent</a></em> ("marked by fluent expression"), <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loquacious">loquacious</a></em> ("full of excessive talk"), and <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soliloquy">soliloquy</a></em> ("a long, dramatic monologue"). <em>Grandiloquence</em> comes (probably via Middle French) from the Latin adjective <em>grandiloquus</em>, which combines <em>loqui</em> and the adjective <em>grandis</em> ("grand or great"). A word that is