grandeur
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæn.djʊə/ / /ˈɡɹæn.djɜː/ / /ˈɡɹan.d͡ʒə(ː)/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French grandeur, from Old French grandur, from grant (French grand), from Latin grandis (“grown up, great”).
- 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.”
- Nobility (state of being noble).
- Greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness.