英単語

magniloquentの意味・使い方・発音

magniloquent

英 [mæg'nɪləkwənt] 美 [mæg'nɪləkwənt]
  • adj.大げさな;壮大な

英語の語源


magniloquent (adj.)
1650s, a back-formation from magniloquence, or else from Latin magniloquentia "lofty style of language," from magniloquus "pompous in talk, vaunting, boastful," from comb. form of magnus "great" (see magnate) + -loquus "speaking," from loqui "to speak" (see locution).

例文


1. News of the death of forests appears to have been greatly magniloquent .
森林が滅亡したというニュースは大きく誇張されているようだ。

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