Grandeur is impressive greatness of scale or dignity. The grandeur of the hall.
It is about effect rather than size alone, since a small room can have grandeur. Delusions of grandeur is the phrase most people meet the word in.
1noungrandeurImpressive greatness of scale or dignity.
“The grandeur of the staircase was the only thing left of the house.”
grandeur is a quality.
French grandeur comes from grand, from Latin grandis, great.
Latin
grandis — grown up, great
Old French
grandur
Middle French
grandeur
English, today
grandeur
Borrowed from Middle French grandeur, from Old French grandur, from grant (French grand), from Latin grandis (“grown up, great”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA