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Pompous

//ˈpɒmpəs// adj

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Adjective

1
Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
"But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of bravery, in the infamy of his nature."

Adjective

1
puffed up with vanity wordnet
2
characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English pompous, from Old French pompeux, pompos, from Late Latin pomposus, from Latin pompa (“pomp”), from Ancient Greek πομπή (pompḗ, “a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”), from πέμπω (pémpō, “I send”), equivalent to pomp + -ous. Doublet of pomposo.

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