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21Francois Catrou — François Catrou † Catholic Encyclopedia ► François Catrou French historian, b. at Paris, 28 December, 1659; d. there 12 October, 1737. He was the son of Mathurin Catrou, secretary to Louis XIV. During his college days a marked… …
22Schmitt, Saladin — (1883 1951) Director. Schmitt is closely associated with the Bochum Schauspielhaus, which he ran from 1919 to 1949 as a kind of temple dedicated to the classics. He presented various cycles of plays by William Shakespeare, Johann Wolfgang… …
23magniloquent — speaking in a grand or pompous style Styles of Speech …
24turgidity — n. 1. Swelling, distention, turgescence, turgidness. 2. Bombast, inflation, turgidness, grandiloquence, pompous style …
25grandiloquent — /grænˈdɪləkwənt / (say gran diluhkwuhnt) adjective speaking or expressed in a lofty or pompous style; bombastic. –grandiloquently, adverb …
26bombastic — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pompous, declamatory, grandiloquent, orotund, lofty, inflated, grandiose, rhetorical, high sounding, high flown, fustian, flowery, florid, pretentious, ostentatious, overwrought, overblown, magniloquent, euphuistic,… …
27Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… …
28fustian — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bombast, ranting, pomposity; see euphuism , wordiness . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. bombastic, pompous, pretentious, extravagant, grandiose, lofty. ANT.: understated, low key III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun… …
29Rome — /rohm/, n. 1. Harold (Jacob), born 1908, U.S. lyricist and composer. 2. Italian, Roma. a city in and the capital of Italy, in the central part, on the Tiber: ancient capital of the Roman Empire; site of Vatican City, seat of authority of the… …
30List of Dad's Army characters — This is a list of characters in the British television comedy series Dad s Army. In addition to the seven main characters, all members of the Walmington on Sea Home Guard platoon, the series featured a large cast of recurring characters, many of… …
