GRANDIOSE
\ɡɹˈandɪˌə͡ʊz], \ɡɹˈandɪˌəʊz], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈa_n_d_ɪ__ˌəʊ_z]\
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Impressive or elevating in effect; imposing; splendid; striking; - in a good sense.
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Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; - in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style.
By Oddity Software
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Impressive or elevating in effect; imposing; splendid; striking; - in a good sense.
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Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; - in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.