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Synonyms
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Meaning:
florid

(too) rich in ornament and colour

very elaborate

hyperbolic

of a hyperbola

wordy; flowery in speech

pompous

full of, showing (too much) self-importance

arrogant, egotistic

pretentious

claiming (without justification) great ability, qualities or importance

snobbish, conceited

rhetorical

(too) concerned with the style of speaking and writing and not with the content

wordy; flowery in speech

stilted

(of written style, talk, behaviour etc) too formal and unnatural

artificial, pretentious

stylistic

of style

rhetorical

verbose

using, containing, more words than are needed

wordy, long-winded

GRANDILOQUENT as in Wiktionary
GRANDILOQUENT as in Wikipedia