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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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