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pompousness
(encz) | pompousness,nafoukanost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Pompousness
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster] -- Pom"ous*ly, adv. -- Pomp"ous*ness,
n.
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pompousness
(wn) | pompousness
n 1: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and
puffed up with vanity [syn: ostentation,
ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness,
pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation] |
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Pompousness
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress.
--Thackeray.
[1913 Webster] -- Pom"ous*ly, adv. -- Pomp"ous*ness,
n.
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