grandeur

[ gran-jer, -joor ]
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noun
  1. the quality or state of being impressive or awesome: the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains.

  2. the quality or state of being lofty or elevated in conception or treatment: the grandeur of a prose style.

  1. the quality or state of being exalted in some deliberate way: the grandeur of a royal court.

  2. an instance of something that is grand: the grandeurs of Rembrandt's paintings.

Origin of grandeur

1
1490–1500; <French, Old French, equivalent to grand-grand + -eur-or1

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British Dictionary definitions for grandeur

grandeur

/ (ˈɡrændʒə) /


noun
  1. personal greatness, esp when based on dignity, character, or accomplishments

  2. magnificence; splendour

  1. pretentious or bombastic behaviour

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