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“high-flown” in Latin
magnificusgreat, noble, distinguished, eminent, august; splendid, rich, fine, costly, sumptuous, magnificentīnflōto inflate; to blow into; to play a wind instrument; to puff up, swell; to be proud, haughtytumidusswollen, swelling, rising high, protuberant, tumid, dilated, bulging; causing to swell; excited, violent, exasperated; p
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
high-flown
magnificus: ad magnificentiam compositus (pompous): inflatus: tumidus (inflated): grandiloquus usque ad vitium (of a speaker, Quint.). High-flown language, sermo tumidus: oratio magnifira: a high-flown style, magnificum dicendi genus: to adopt a high-flown style, pompam adhibere in dicendo: to discard all high-flown expressions, ampullas et sesquipedalia verba projicere (Hor., A.P., 97).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for high-flown?
- The usual Latin words for “high-flown” are magnificus, īnflō, tumidus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.