Bombast
Bom*bast"
(bm*bst" or bm*bst"), v. t. To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate. [Obs.][1913 Webster]
Not bombasted with words vain ticklish ears to feed.Drayton.
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{
Bom*bas"tic
(bm*bs"tk or bm*bs"tk),Bom*bas"tic*al
} (), a. Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated. -- Bom*bas"tic*al*ly, adv.[1913 Webster]
A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology.Burke.
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Syn. -- Turgid; tumid; pompous; grandiloquent.
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