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Claptrap

A contrivance for clapping in theaters.

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Grandiloquence 76% connected

The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense.

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Grandiosity 76% connected

The state or quality of being grandiose,

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Magniloquence 76% connected

The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence.

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Ornateness 76% connected

The quality of being ornate.

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Rhetoric 76% connected

The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose.

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Bombast 92% connected

Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fustian 92% connected

A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.

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Rant 92% connected

To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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