Largiloquent: Bombastic.
Dithyramb: Ancient Greek improvised hymn about Dionysus.
You were almost coherent there, but not quite.
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Dithyramb
A wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing
As a Greek, yes this is the modern usage of the word.
Funnily enough if that just translates to bombastic, enthusiastic speech it's slightly redundant and not as descriptive of his speeches as it could be for being such flowery wording.
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I'll take "Leading Question" for $500, Alex
indubitably largiloquent
He get it!
You don't get out much do you?
no
Big words only :)
I think you mean "sesquipedalian vocabulary exclusively"
excellent
i should have included that in the title ha