Grandiloquence, as far as I know in my humble vocabulary, means to be pompous. You can say, "There goes a grandiloquent looking elderly person." Or, "Slap me silly if that don't be a grandiloquent rose bush." Or, "I could say he's a sesquipedalian, but that's just a grandiloquent way of saying he likes long words."
Hmm, I just looked up sesquipedalian to make sure I spelled it right, and I learned that its origin is sesquipedalis, which means something measuring a foot and a half. Ha Ha! So someone who likes to use long words is someone who uses words a foot and a half long. Perfect!
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