magniloquent

adj

Etymology: From post-Classical Latin magniloquens (“talkative, verbose”).

1. Using pompous speech; speaking with deliberately long or esoteric words.

   “There is no doubt that the ordinary reader would enjoy, and he certainly would profit much by, a revival of the classic work—if only he did not fall asleep over its magniloquent but perissological otiosity.”

   “The sermonizer, said Dwight [Macdonald], was guilty of "puerile, stupid twaddle" and seemed to have "a remarkable power of hypnotizing himself with magniloquent platitudes."”