Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - grandiose
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Grandiose
grandiose
adjective Etymology: French, from Italian grandioso, from grande great, from Latin grandis Date: 1838 1. characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration 2. impressive because of uncommon largeness, scope, effect, or grandeur Synonyms: see grand • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun • grandiosity noun
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adj. 1 producing or meant to produce an imposing effect. 2 planned on an ambitious or magnificent scale. Derivatives grandiosely adv. grandiosity n. Etymology: F f. It. grandioso (as GRAND, -OSE(1)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. грандиозный grandiose building —- грандиозное сооружение 2. помпезный, напыщенный, претенциозный grandiose manners —- претенциозные манеры ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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If you describe something as grandiose, you mean it is bigger or more elaborate than necessary. Not one of Kim’s grandiose plans has even begun. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj grandiose plans sound very important or impressive, but will never really happen because they are not practical (It's just another of Wheeler's grandiose schemes.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1840, from Fr. grandiose "impressive," from It. grandioso, from L. grandis "big." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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