magniloquent

adjective

1. Using pompous speech; speaking with deliberately long or esoteric words.

   There is no doubt that the ordinary reader would enjoy, and he certainly would profit much by, a revival of the classic work—if only he did not fall asleep over its magniloquent but perissological otiosity.

Where it comes from

From post-Classical Latin magniloquens (“talkative, verbose”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry magniloquent (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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