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.
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-- Pom"ous*ly, adv. -- Pomp"ous*ness, n.
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