Difference between lofty and grandiloquence
Definitions
adjective
- of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
- having or displaying great dignity or nobility
- of imposing height; especially standing out above others
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The first, built by Solomon (1012 B.C.) appears from the Biblical description [6] to have combined Egyptian conceptions (successive courts, lofty entrance-pylons, the Sanctuary and the sekos or “Holy of Holies”) with
It was a responsible situation he felt for a boy of thirteen, and he meant to do his very best to keep it now that he had been lucky enough to get it; in the far-off future, too, he saw himself no longer the van-boy, but in the proud position now occupied by Joshua as driver, and this he considered, though a lofty, was by no means an unreasonable ambition.
From sandy beaches to lofty mountain tops, rolling dales to bustling cities, we've got the lot.
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noun
- high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
Examples
Johan Kobborg played Prince Desire with the grandiloquence and hauteur he is so capable of.
Thus, to dismiss writer-director Darren Aronofsky's hyper-ambitious third feature The Fountain - a heady fusion of science fiction, metaphysics and a melodramatic quest for immortality both romantic and spiritual - for simply believing in its own sentimental grandiloquence is to deny one of the most exquisite and strangely moving trips to the multiplex this year.
His writing, however, has been criticised by some for grandiloquence and obscurantism.
