from grand is great; loquens

of loquor =to speak.] 1. Using lofty or pompous language; bombastic. 2. Bombastic; consisting of lofty or pompous language. "For incident and style (with the exception of a few grandiloquent extravagances), it stands out favorably from the common run of novels." -Atheneum , Feb. 9, 1884, p. 182. grand-11-8-quoŭs, a. [Lat. grandiloquus, from grand is great; loquor = to speak.] The same as GRANDILOQUENT (q. v.). Grăn-di-mon-tāins, s. pl . [GRAM MON TIANS.] *grand-in-ous, a . [Latin gran dine us , from gran do (gen it. grand in is )=hail.] Full or consisting of hail.