See Also: grandeur(dictionary)
grandeur(dictionary)
delusion of grandeur(medicine)

grandeur (iou)



grandeur noun. E16.
[Old & mod. French, from grand great, GRAND adjective1 + -eur -OR.]
Height; tall stature. rare. E16-M17.
Great power, rank, or eminence. Now rare. E17.
Greatness or nobility of character; dignity or stateliness in conduct, attitude, etc. Formerly also, haughtiness, arrogance. M17.
delusions of grandeur: see DELUSION 2.
Clive James His grandeur really was grandeur, not grandiloquence.
The quality of being grand; magnificence, splendour, majesty of appearance, style, composition, etc.; an instance or example of this. M17.
Longfellow Switzerland..outbids the imagination by its grandeurs and surprises. H. A. L. Fisher Many of these buildings..impress the traveller with a sense of grandeur and force. J. Raban Ordinary courtesies in Arabic take on a quality of Miltonic grandeur when translated directly into English.