magniloquent adj 1: lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" [syn: {grandiloquent}, {magniloquent}, {tall}]
Magniloquent \Mag*nil"o*quent\, a. [L. magnus great + loquens, -entis, p. pr. of loqui to speak. See {Magnitude}, {Loquacious}.] Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent. -- {Mag*nil"o*quent*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]