different between grandiose vs nabob

English

Etymology

From French grandiose, from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Doublet of grandioso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æn.di???s/, /???æn.di.??s/
• Rhymes: -??s

Adjective

grandiose (comparative more grandiose, superlative most grandiose)

1. Large and impressive, in size, scope or extent.
2. Pompous or pretentious.

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• grandiose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• grandiose in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• grandiose at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• angroside, diagnoser, dragonise, organdies, organised

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian grandioso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????.djoz/
• Homophone: grandioses
• Rhymes: -oz

Adjective

grandiose (plural grandioses)

1. grandiose

Related terms

• grand

Further reading

• “grandiose” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Adjective

grandiose

1. inflection of grandios:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

grandiose f pl

1. feminine plural of grandioso

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

grandiose

1. definite singular/plural of grandios

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

grandiose

1. definite singular/plural of grandios

English

Etymology

In colloquial usage in English since 1612, from Urdu ????? (nav?b), from Persian [Term?], from Arabic ???????? (nuww?b), the honorific plural of ??????? (n??ib, “deputy”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ne?b?b/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ne?b?b/

Noun

nabob (plural nabobs)

1. (historical) An Indian ruler within the Mogul empire.

   Synonym: nawab

2. (by extension) Someone of great wealth or importance.

   Synonyms: tycoon, magnate
3. (by extension) A person with a grandiose style or manner.

Derived terms

• Nob Hill (“neighborhood in San Francisco”)

Related terms

• nawab

Translations

References

• Nabobs: A Study of the Social Life of the English in the Eighteenth-Century, Percival Spear, Oxford University Press, London 1938; New Edition OUP, USA: 1998.
• Durham's Place-Names of the San Francisco Bay Area, David L. Durham, Quill Driver Books, California: 2000.

Further reading

• Nabob on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nabob in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)