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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