grandeur
nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈɡɹæn.djʊə//
- United Kingdom//ˈɡɹæn.djɜː//
- United Kingdom//ˈɡɹan.d͡ʒə(ː)//
- United Kingdom//ˈɡɹan.d͡ʒɔː//
- United Kingdom//ˈɡɹan.d͡ʒɜː//
The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.
noun
- 1
The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.
I wrapp’d myself in grandeur then, And donn’d a visionary crown ——
So much of what followed from the drawing boards of others will have been designed with the demands, effort and grandeur of Primrose Hill [tunnel] in the back of their minds.
In a tightly choreographed ceremony filled with imperial grandeur, Xi and Putin then walked towards each other and met in the middle, smiling as they shook hands.
- 2
Nobility (state of being noble).
- 3
archaicGreatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French grandeur, from Old French grandur, from grant (French grand), from Latin grandis (“grown up, great”).
Forms
- plural
- grandeurs
grandeur · The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.
grandfather · A father of someone's parent.grandma · Grandmother.Grandma · An unfriendly and disparaging way of addressing an elderly…