Grănd'i-ōse', a.

(125), a. [Lat. grandis, grand; Fr. grandiose.] 1. Impressing or elevating in effect; imposing; striking;—used in a good sense. The tone of the parts was to be perpetually kept down, in order not to impair the grandiose effect of the whole. M. Arnold. 2. Characterized by self-display, swell or bombast; flaunting; turgid; bombastic;—used in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style. The grandiose red tulips, which grow wild. E. B. Browning.