Pompousness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pompousness
       n : lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and
           puffed up with vanity [syn: {ostentation}, {ostentatiousness},
            {pomposity}, {pretentiousness}, {splashiness}, {inflation}]