Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or condition of being grand; magnificence.
- noun Nobility or greatness of character.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being grand or great; specifically, that quality or combination of qualities in an object whieh affects the imagination with a sense of sublimity or magnificence.
- noun Synonyms Greatness, majesty, loftiness, stateliness, state, dignity, augustness, splendor, pomp, sublimity. See
grand .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
grand orsplendid ;magnificence . - noun
Nobility . - noun archaic, rare
Greatness ;largeness ;tallness ;loftiness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct
- noun the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"We are going to take it back to what we call the grandeur of the old Scott."
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What the wine lacked in grandeur was more than made up for in the label's hand drawn charm.
Quick Q&A with Amy Cheatle, Tasting Room Manager, Damiani Wine Cellars 2009
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What the wine lacked in grandeur was more than made up for in the label's hand drawn charm.
Q&A 2009
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The only hint of grandeur comes from the seal just below the two microphones, the crest of the President of the United States.
Barack Obama's down but not out Jonathan Freedland 2010
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What the wine lacked in grandeur was more than made up for in the label's hand drawn charm.
LENNDEVOURS: 2009
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Lol its been over for awhile just hilary's delusions of grandeur is all thats stopping it.
Obama: The general election fight should start next week 2008
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It might be tragedy save tragedy requires a certain grandeur in the dramatis personae.
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But the story Simmons tells is awe inspiring in grandeur and he packs it with more than enough SF-nal ideas to wow even the most jaded SF reader.
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Why would he adopt it when he's aspiring to a certain grandeur of expression?
Archive 2007-07-01 David 2007
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Most of these properties are rough after 30 years of neglect, but with some clean up and reconstruction inside, their grandeur is restored. powered by performancing firefox
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brtom commented on the word grandeur
I say that the real and permanent grandeur of these States must be their religion,
Otherwise there is just no real and permanent grandeur
Whitman, "Starting from Paumanok"
January 9, 2008