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Latin
Etymology
magnus (“great”) + -loquus (“speaking”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
magniloquus (feminine magniloqua, neuter magniloquum); first/second-declension adjective
- magniloquent, vaunting, boastful
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “magniloquus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “magniloquus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- magniloquus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- magniloquus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016