Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Grandiose

Grandiose , adjective

[French grandiose, Italian grandioso. See Grand.]

1.
Impressive or elevating in effect; imposing; splendid; striking; -- 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
The grandiose red tulips which grow wild. — C. Kingsley
2.
Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style.