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111grandiloquent — grandiloquently, adv. /gran dil euh kweuhnt/, adj. speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic. [1585 95; GRANDILOQU(ENCE) + ENT] Syn. turgid, inflated, rhetorical, pretentious. Ant. simple, sincere. * …
112Mein Kampf — /muyn kahmpf / the autobiography (1925 27) of Adolf Hitler, setting forth his political philosophy and his plan for German conquest. * * * ▪ work by Hitler German“My Struggle” political manifesto written by Adolf Hitler (Hitler, Adolf). It… …
113Joachim of Fiore — born с 1130/35, Celico, Kingdom of Naples died 1201/02, Fiore Italian mystic, theologian, and philosopher of history. After a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, he became a Cistercian monk, and by 1177 he was abbot at Corazzo, Sicily. He retired into… …
114Mendelssohn, Felix — ▪ German musician and composer Introduction in full Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy born Feb. 3, 1809, Hamburg died Nov. 4, 1847, Leipzig German composer, pianist, musical conductor, and teacher, one of the most celebrated figures of… …
115Valerius Maximus — ▪ Roman historian flourished AD 30 Roman historian and moralist who wrote an important book of historical anecdotes for the use of rhetoricians. Born into a poor family, Valerius Maximus owed everything to Sextus Pompeius (Pompeius… …
116Rated R (Rihanna album) — Rated R Studio album by Rihanna Released November 20, 2009 ( …
117Mio in the Land of Faraway — Swedish DVD cover featuring 1987 promotional artwork. Directed by Vladimir Grammatikov Pro …
118Monody on the Death of Chatterton — was composed by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1790 and was rewritten throughout his lifetime. The poem deals with the idea of Thomas Chatterton, a poet who committed suicide, as representing the poetic struggle. Contents 1 Background 2 Poem 2.1 1790 …
119NTSC-uk — URL NTSC uk.co.uk Type of site Video game journalism Launched May 2001 NTSC uk was a video game website created in 2001, based in the …
120bombast — n. Fustian, rodomontade, rant, altiloquence, magniloquence, sesquipedalianism, grandiloquence, sesquipedalia verba, turgid talk, inflated style, swelling or pompous phraseology …
