high-flown+language
71Beethoven, Ludwig van — (baptized Dec. 17, 1770, Bonn, archbishopric of Cologne died March 26, 1827, Vienna, Austria) German composer. Born to a musical family, he was a precociously gifted pianist and violist. After nine years as a court musician in Bonn, he moved to… …
72Infinitive — In grammar, infinitive is the name for certain verb forms that exist in many languages. In the usual (traditional) description of English, the infinitive of a verb is its basic form with or without the particle to: therefore, do and to do, be and …
73Charles Spurgeon — Charles Haddon Spurgeon Born 19 June 1834(1834 06 19) Kelvedon, Essex, England Died …
74inflation — Synonyms and related words: Barnumism, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, affectation, aggrandizement, amplification, appreciation, ascent, augmentation, ballooning, ballyhoo, bedizenment, big… …
75bombast — bombast, rhapsody, rant, fustian, rodomontade all designate a style of speech or writing characterized by high flown pomposity or pretentiousness of language disproportionate to the thought or subject matter. All of them are derogatory in some… …
76bombastic — bom•bas•tic [[t]bɒmˈbæs tɪk[/t]] adj. (of speech, writing, etc.) pompous; high flown • Etymology: 1695–1705 bom•bas′ti•cal•ly, adv. syn: bombastic, flowery, pretentious all describe a use of language more elaborate than is justified by or… …
77rhetoric — Synonyms and related words: Barnumism, affectation, articulateness, bedizenment, big talk, bluster, bombast, choice of words, command of language, command of words, composition, convolution, debating, declamation, demagogism, dialect, diction,… …
78heroic — /həˈroʊɪk / (say huh rohik) adjective Also, heroical. 1. of or relating to heroes. 2. suitable to the character of a hero; daring; noble. 3. having or displaying the character or attributes of a hero; intrepid; determined: a heroic explorer. 4.… …
79hifalutin — highfalutin high fa*lu tin, highfaluting high fa*lu ting, n. [Perh. a corruption of highflighting.] High flown, bombastic language. [Written also {hifalutin}.] [Jocular, U. S.] Lowell. [1913 Webster] …
80highfalutin — high fa*lu tin, highfaluting high fa*lu ting, n. [Perh. a corruption of highflighting.] High flown, bombastic language. [Written also {hifalutin}.] [Jocular, U. S.] Lowell. [1913 Webster] …
