Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Lofty speech; pompous language.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Lofty speech; pompous language.
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- noun Pompous language;
lofty speech.
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Pompous or high speech
L. altus, high, and loquor, loquens, speaking.] Lofty speech; pompous language.
May 7, 2008