grandiosity

grandiosity
The state of being grandiose (pompous or pretentious).

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  • grandiosity — (n.) 1814, from Fr. grandiose (see GRANDIOSE (Cf. grandiose)) + ITY (Cf. ity). The author now and then makes a word for his own use, as complicate, for complicated; and, still less fortunately grandiosity (p. 343). [review of Joseph Forsyth s… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Grandiosity — Gran di*os i*ty, n. [Cf. F. grandiosit[ e], It. grandiosit[ a].] The state or quality of being grandiose, [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • grandiosity — index bombast, pretense (ostentation), rhetoric (insincere language) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • grandiosity — grandiose ► ADJECTIVE 1) impressive or magnificent, especially pretentiously so. 2) conceived on a very ambitious scale. DERIVATIVES grandiosely adverb grandiosity noun. ORIGIN Italian grandioso, from grande grand …   English terms dictionary

  • grandiosity — noun high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation the grandiosity of his prose an excessive ornateness of language • Syn: ↑magniloquence, ↑ornateness, ↑grandiloquence, ↑rhetoric • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • grandiosity — noun see grandiose …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • grandiosity — See grandiosely. * * * …   Universalium

  • grandiosity — gran·di·os·i·ty (gran″de osґĭ te) the condition of being grandiose; an exaggerated belief of one s importance or identity …   Medical dictionary

  • grandiosity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Something meriting the highest praise or regard: glory, grandeur, grandness, greatness, majesty, splendor. See PRAISE. 2. Boastful self importance or display: grandioseness, ostentation, pomposity, pompousness,… …   English dictionary for students

  • grandiosity — n. magnificence; grandeur, splendor; overly formal or pompous manner; flamboyance …   English contemporary dictionary

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