GRANDEVOUS Gran*de"vous, a. Etym: [L. grandaevus; grandig grand+ aevum lifetime, age.]
Defn: Of great age; aged; longlived. [R.] Bailey.
GRANDFATHER
Grand"fa"ther, n.
Defn: A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent. Grandfather longlegs. (Zoöl.) See Dady longlegs.
GRANDFATHERLY
Grand"fa"ther*ly, a.
Defn: Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant;
indulgent.
He was a grandfatherly sort of personage. Hawthorne.
GRANDIFIC Gran*dif"ic, a. Etym: [L. grandificus; grandis grand + facere to make.]
Defn: Making great. [R.] Bailey.
GRANDILOQUENCE
Gran*dil"o*quence, n.
Defn: The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; — usually in a bad
sense.
The sin of grandiloquence or tall talking. Thackeray,