grandiloquence

[ gran-dil-uh-kwuh ns ]

/ grænˈdɪl ə kwəns /

speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.

Origin of grandiloquence

1580–90; < Latin grandiloqu(us) speaking loftily ( grandi(s) great + -loquus speaking) + -ence

But in opposing the Bush-Cheney march to war, his grandiloquence changed to eloquence.

Remembering Robert Byrd |Paul Begala |June 28, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Our central problem is that the combination of his grandiloquence and the September 2008 financial crisis led to his election.

I Told You So |Lynn Forester De Rothschild |February 28, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
He was young, and liked a bit of grandiloquence as well as another.

Phoebe, Junior |Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant
Mrs. Dodd smiled at the grandiloquence of youth, and told him he had mistaken her character.

Hard Cash |Charles Reade

It has the terseness of the French, without the grandiloquence of the Spanish, being derived directly from the Latin.

Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes |Sylvia Sunshine
In consequence it has a charm which the common efforts of mother-earth after grandiloquence can never possess.

The African Colony |John Buchan
It is a Parnassian Samain, but always personal, even in grandiloquence.

The Book of Masks |Remy de Gourmont