Pretentious, pompous speech or writing

• claptrap

  1. A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.
  2. Pretentious, insincere, or empty language:
  3. Absurd, insincere, or empty talk or writing

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  1. A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.
  2. Pretentious, insincere, or empty language:
  3. Absurd, insincere, or empty talk or writing

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• fustian

  1. A coarse sturdy cloth made of cotton and linen or flax.
  2. A thick cotton cloth with a short nap, as corduroy, velveteen, etc.
  3. Pompous, pretentious talk or writing; bombast; rant

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  1. A coarse sturdy cloth made of cotton and linen or flax.
  2. A thick cotton cloth with a short nap, as corduroy, velveteen, etc.
  3. Pompous, pretentious talk or writing; bombast; rant

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• grandiloquence

  1. Pompous or bombastic speech or expression.
  2. Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing

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  1. Pompous or bombastic speech or expression.
  2. Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing

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• magniloquence

  1. The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence.
  2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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  1. The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence.
  2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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• orotundity

  1. The quality of being orotund.

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  1. The quality of being orotund.

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• rant

  1. A criticism done by ranting.
  2. Angry, emotionally charged, or tediously negative speech or writing:
  3. An example of such speech or writing:

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  1. A criticism done by ranting.
  2. Angry, emotionally charged, or tediously negative speech or writing:
  3. An example of such speech or writing:

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• turgidity

  1. The state or quality of being turgid

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  1. The state or quality of being turgid

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