adj :  characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration <a paranoid patient with delusions>  gran*di*ose*ly adv gran*di*os*i*ty n pl  -ties  
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  cor·ne·itis  cor·o·ni·tis 
 
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