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Word entry · 8 letters

grandeur

Best crossword clue

"Impressive magnificence"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡɹæn.djʊə/Part of speech nounSorted adegnrruStarts with GEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand

Word origin

Borrowed from Middle French grandeur, from Old French grandur, from grant (French grand), from Latin grandis (“grown up, great”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • In a tightly choreographed ceremony filled with imperial grandeur, Xi and Putin then walked towards each other and met in the middle, smiling as they shook hands.

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