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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
pompous
adj 1: puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful
manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech";
"pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"-
Newsweek [syn: grandiloquent, overblown, pompous,
pontifical, portentous]
2: characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display [syn:
pompous, ceremonious]
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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.
[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]
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Thesaurus Results for pompous:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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