grandiose

From French grandiose, from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand).

• Rhymes: -əʊs

grandiose (comparative more grandiose, superlative most grandiose)

1. large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
   • 2019, Nalini Mohabir, Renaming the Cook Islands would be a vital step towards true independence in the Guardian.

     Independence does not need to be a grandiose process of disconnection and severing ties.

2. pompous or pretentious

• grandiose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• grandiose in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• grandiose at OneLook Dictionary Search

• angroside, diagnoser, dragonise, organdies, organised

Borrowed from Italian grandioso.

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɑ̃.djoz/

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• Homophone: grandioses
• Rhymes: -oz

grandiose (plural grandioses)

1. grandiose

• grand

• “grandiose” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

grandiose

1. inflection of grandios:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

grandiose f pl

1. Feminine plural of adjective grandioso.

grandiose

1. definite singular/plural of grandios

grandiose

1. definite singular/plural of grandios