bloviant

English

Etymology

From blow +‎ -i- +‎ -ant, by analogy with deviant. See bloviate.

Adjective

bloviant (comparative more bloviant, superlative most bloviant)

  1. (rare) Tending to bloviate.
    • 1919, Celebration Legal Essays: To Mark the Twenty-fifth Year of Service of John H ...‎[1]:
      For strained metaphor this has not been equaled since a bloviant congressman began his eulogy upon Senator Vance with the words […]
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