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Rhetorical

Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish.

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Bombastic 84% connected

Alt. of Bombastical

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Bombastic 84% connected

Alt. of Bombastical

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Declamatory 84% connected

Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme.

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Declamatory 84% connected

Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme.

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Empurpled 84% connected

of Empurple

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Empurpled 84% connected

of Empurple

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Flowery 84% connected

Full of flowers; abounding with blossoms.

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Flowery 84% connected

Full of flowers; abounding with blossoms.

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Forensic 84% connected

Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical;…

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Forensic 84% connected

Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical;…

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Grandiloquent 84% connected

Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.

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Grandiloquent 84% connected

Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.

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Large 84% connected

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious;…

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Large 84% connected

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious;…

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Magniloquent 84% connected

Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.

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Magniloquent 84% connected

Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.

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Oratorical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to an orator or to oratory; characterized by oratory; rhetorical; becoming to an orator; as, an oratorical triumph; an oratorical es…

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Oratorical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to an orator or to oratory; characterized by oratory; rhetorical; becoming to an orator; as, an oratorical triumph; an oratorical es…

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Ornate 84% connected

Adorned; decorated; beautiful.

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Ornate 84% connected

Adorned; decorated; beautiful.

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Orotund 84% connected

Characterized by fullness, clearness, strength, and smoothness; ringing and musical; -- said of the voice or manner of utterance.

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Orotund 84% connected

Characterized by fullness, clearness, strength, and smoothness; ringing and musical; -- said of the voice or manner of utterance.

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Poetic 84% connected

Alt. of Poetical

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Poetic 84% connected

Alt. of Poetical

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Poetical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to poetry; suitable for poetry, or for writing poetry; as, poetic talent, theme, work, sentiments.

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Poetical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to poetry; suitable for poetry, or for writing poetry; as, poetic talent, theme, work, sentiments.

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Purple 84% connected

A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.

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Purple 84% connected

A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.

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Stylistic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to style in language.

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Stylistic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to style in language.

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Tall 84% connected

High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small…

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Tall 84% connected

High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small…

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Tumid 84% connected

Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh.

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Tumid 84% connected

Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh.

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Turgid 84% connected

Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; -- especially applied to an…

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Turgid 84% connected

Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; -- especially applied to an…

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Rhetoric 74% connected

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

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Rhetoric 74% connected

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

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Fancy 66% connected

The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into…

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Fancy 66% connected

The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into…

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Figurative 66% connected

Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative.

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Figurative 66% connected

Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative.

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Rhetoric 66% connected

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

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