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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 gran·dil·o·quence /grænˈdɪləkwən(t)s/
 誇張之言,豪語,豪言壯語

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Gran·dil·o·quence n. The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense.
    The sin of grandiloquence or tall talking.   --Thackeray,
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 grandiloquence
      n : high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
          [syn: grandiosity, magniloquence, rhetoric]