Word of the Day ： November 21, 2020
Grandiloquence
誇張；豪言壯語
noun gran-DIH-luh-kwunss
Definition
: a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
崇高的，奢侈的，色彩繽紛的，誇大的，或有誇張的風格，方法或特質，尤其是在語言中
Examples
"The film finds its grounding in the closing scene when it strips away its grandiloquence and Beyoncé sings an a cappella version of 'Spirit' backed by a gospel choir…." — Aidin Vaziri, The San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Aug. 2020
這部電影在結局中找到了基礎，當它打破了誇張成分，以及得到福音合唱團的支持的碧昂絲演唱的無伴奏合音版的「 Spirit」……
"There will be plenty more rhetoric, pomposity and grandiloquence in the next few weeks as negotiations between the union and MLB get hot and heavy." — Bob Nightengale, USA Today, 13 May 2020
隨著工會和美國職業棒球大聯盟之間的談判日趨緊張和激烈，在接下來的幾周內，還會有更多的言論，讚美和雄辯。」
Did You Know?
Grandiloquence, which debuted in English in the 16th century, is one of several English words pertaining to speech that derive from the Latin loqui, meaning "to speak." Other offspring of loqui include eloquent ("marked by fluent expression"), loquacious ("full of excessive talk"), and soliloquy ("a long, dramatic monologue"). Grandiloquence comes (probably via Middle French) from the Latin adjective grandiloquus, which combines loqui and the adjective grandis ("grand or great"). A word that is very similar in meaning to grandiloquence is magniloquence—and the similarity is not surprising. Magniloquence combines loqui with magnus, another Latin word meaning "great."
Grandiloquence在16世紀首次在英文中使用，它是與源自拉丁語 loqui 相關的幾個英語單詞之一，意思是「to speak 「說話」」。loqui 其他衍生詞包括eloquent「口才好的（「能夠流利的表達」），loquacious「話多的」（「過多的話」）和soliloquy「自言自語的」（「漫長而戲劇性的獨白」）。 Grandiloquence「誇張」（可能通過中古法語）來自拉丁語形容詞 grandiloquus，該詞結合了 loqui 和 grandis（「盛大的或偉大的」）。它與 magniloquence 的意思非常相似， Magniloquence 是結合了 loqui 和 magnus 組成，是另一個拉丁詞意為「great「偉大」」。
Word Family Quiz
What word derived from Latin loqui denotes conversation or interruption?