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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pompous \Pomp"ous\, a. [F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See Pomp.]
   1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur;
      magnificent; as, a pompous procession.
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   2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as,
      pompous manners; a pompous style. "Pompous in high
      presumption." --Chaucer.
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            he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress.
                                                  --Thackeray.
      [1913 Webster] -- Pom"ous*ly, adv. -- Pomp"ous*ness,
      n.
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