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Latin
Etymology
magnus (“great”) + loquens (“speaking”).
Pronunciation
Participle
magniloquens (genitive magniloquentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- magniloquent, verbose, talkative
- Daniel of Beccles, Urbanus Magnus Danielis Becclesiensis.
Discreti, taciti gestus sermoque timentur, Plus metuunt gentes tacitos quam magniloquentes.- Discrete, quiet gestures and talk are feared, more fear the silent than the talkative
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants
References
- Latham, Ronald Edward (1975) Dictionary of medieval Latin from British sources, London: Oxford University Press, page 1685: “magniloquens, talkative, wordy, verbose (in quot., as sb. m.).”
- Souter, Alexander (1957) A glossary of later Latin to 600 A.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 239