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bombastic (bomb-BAST-ic) adjective

Grandiloquent, pompous speech or writing.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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adj : ostentatiously lofty in style; “a man given to large talk”; “tumid political prose” [syn: declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid]

Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

Here lies a great word so rarely used. It flows off the tongue, out of the pen, and lends an air of sophistication to any sentence. For this week, try a more elegant approach to your entry.