grandeur

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

grand·eur BrE [ˈɡrændʒə(r)] NAmE [ˈɡrændʒər] BrE [ˈɡrændjə(r)] NAmE [ˈɡrændjər] noun uncountable
1. the quality of being great and impressive in appearance
Syn: ↑splendour
•the grandeur and simplicity of Roman architecture
•The hotel had an air of faded grandeur.
2. the importance or social status sb has or thinks they have
•He has a sense of grandeur about him.
•She is clearly suffering from delusions of grandeur (= thinks she is more important than she really is).
see also ↑grand

Word Origin:
[grandeur] late 16th cent. (denoting tall stature): from French, from grand ‘great, grand’, from Latin grandis ‘full-grown, big, great’.

Example Bank:
•the majestic grandeur of the Grand Canyon
•the rugged grandeur of the mountains
•We admired the grandeur and simplicity of the Roman architecture.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  nobility, nobleness, magnanimousness, magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandness