Pompousness
5 definitions retrieved  Pompous \Pomp"ous\, a. [F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See Pomp.] 1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession. [1913 Webster] 2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style. "Pompous in high presumption." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] -- Pom"ous*ly, adv. -- Pomp"ous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]  pompousness n 1: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity [syn: ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation]  pompousness [pɔmpəsnəs] Pomphaftigkeit  pompousness dagályosság nagyképûség  pompousness Pomphaftigkeit f Pompousness related |
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