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English Dictionary: pompousness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pompousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pompousness n lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity Synonym(s): ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pompous \Pomp"ous\, a. [F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See {Pomp}.] 1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession. 2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style. [bd]Pompous in high presumption.[b8] --Chaucer. he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress. --Thackeray. -- {Pom"ously}, adv. -- {Pomp"ousness}, n.