It's Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for December 26.
Today's word is grandiose, also pronounced grandiose, and spelled G-R-A-N-D-I-O-S-E.
Grandios is an adjective.
It's usually used disapprovenly to describe something that seems impressive or is intended to be impressive,
but that is either not possible or practical.
Here's the word used in a sentence from lithub.com.
Henry VIII was a leader known for his grandiose presentation,
a love of dramatic rhetoric and self-promotion and a fondness for blaming others.
He carefully curated his image, issuing official portraits and closely managing public appearances.
His reign concentrated power in one man and his obsessions.
When it comes to bigness, there's grand, and then there's grandiose.
Both words can be used to describe something impressive in size, scope, or effect,
but while grand may lend its noun a bit of dignity, as in,
we had a grand time, grandiose often implies a whiff of pretension.
The difference between a grand plan for the city park and a grandiose one, for example,
might be the difference between a tasteful fountain and a garden full of topiaries cut in the shapes of 19th century literary figures.
So, if you're choosing between the two,
a helpful mnemonic might be that the extra letters in grandiose suggest that one's ideas,
claims, promises, schemes, or dreams you get the idea are a bit extra.
With your Word of the Day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.