grandiose

From French grandiose, from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Possibly from grand +‎ -ose, though to be debated. Doublet of grandioso.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹæn.diˈəʊs/, /ˈɡɹæn.di.əʊs/

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• Rhymes: -əʊs

grandiose (comparative more grandiose, superlative most grandiose)

1. Large and impressive, in size, scope or extent.
   • 2019 March 6, 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.
   • 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Didcot (1932)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 60:

     There is a station here, of course, opened as Didcot in June 1844 and renamed as the more grandiose-sounding Didcot Parkway in July 1985.

• “grandiose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “grandiose”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “grandiose”, in 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 Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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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 grandioso

grandiose

1. definite singular/plural of grandios

grandiose

1. definite singular/plural of grandios