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Webster 1913 Edition
Grandiose
1.
Impressive or elevating in effect; imposing; splendid; striking; – in a good sense.
The tone of the parts was to be perpetually kept down in order not to impair the
grandiose
effect of the whole. M. Arnold.
The
grandiose
red tulips which grow wild. C. Kingsley.
2.
Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; – in a bad sense;
as, a grandiose style
.