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.
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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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