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111rant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. rage, rave, scold, nag; harangue. See excitability, speech. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bombast, tirade, raving, rhetoric; see nonsense 1 . v. Syn. rave, fume, rail, harangue; see bluster , rage 1 .… …
112rhetoric — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. oratory, eloquence, elocution, declamation, floridity. See speech. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Speech] Syn. composition, discourse, oratory, oration; see eloquence 1 , speech 3 . 2. [Grandiloquence] Syn.… …
113fustian — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bombast, ranting, pomposity; see euphuism , wordiness . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. bombastic, pompous, pretentious, extravagant, grandiose, lofty. ANT.: understated, low key III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun… …
114magniloquence — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pomposity, bombast, grandiloquence; see eloquence 1 , nonsense 1 , speech 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Pretentious, pompous speech or writing: bombast, claptrap, fustian, grandiloquence, orotun dity, rant, turgidity.… …
115Ridiculousness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ridiculousness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ridiculousness ridiculousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 comicality comicality oddity &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 extravagance extravagance drollery GRP: N 2 Sgm: N …
116bombastic — bom|bas|tic [bɔmˈbæstık US ba:m ] adj [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: bombast bombastic language (16 21 centuries), from Old French bombace soft material for filling something , from Medieval Latin bombax cotton ] bombastic language contains long words …
117bamboozle — [18] Bamboozle is a mystery word. It first appears in 1703, in the writings of the dramatist Colly Cibber, and seven years later it was one of a list of the latest buzzwords cited by Jonathan Swift in the Tatler (others included bully, mob, and… …
118bombastic — (adj.) 1704, inflated, from BOMBAST (Cf. bombast) + IC (Cf. ic). Meaning given to bombastic language is from 1727 …
119bombazine — (also bombasine, bambazine), 1550s, from Fr. bombasin (14c.) cotton cloth, from M.L. bombacinium silk texture, from L.L. bombycinium, neut. of bombycinius silken, from bombyx silk, silkworm, from Gk. bombyx. The post classical transfer of the… …
120grandiloquence — n bombast, grandiosity, pomposity; lofty language, fustian, euphuism, Johnsonese. See bombast …
