grandiloquence
noun
gran·dil·o·quence
gran-ˈdi-lə-kwən(t)s
: a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
was urged to follow up his grandiloquence with positive action
grandiloquently
adverb
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