górnolotny — meaning in English

English meaning

• bombastic adj Using showy, elaborate language to sound impressive.
• sonorous adj Able to produce a deep, rich sound.

Senses

górnolotny is used for these senses in English:

• bombastic High-sounding but with little meaning.
• grandiloquent (of a person, their language or writing) Given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid.
• inkhorn (used attributively, pejorative, of vocabulary) Something or someone pedantic, obscurely scholarly.
• sonorous Wordy or grandiloquent.

bombastic — full definition

1. adj Using showy, elaborate language to sound impressive.
2. adj Sounding grand and important while actually meaning very little.
3. adj Loud, forceful and exaggerated in style; over the top.
4. adj Puffed up or filled out more than it needs to be.

sonorous — full definition

1. adj Able to produce a deep, rich sound.
2. adj Having a full, rich quality, especially in speech or poetry.
3. adj Using more words than needed, in a grand or pompous way.
4. adj (phonetics) Made with the mouth fairly open and little blocking of the airflow.

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