pompousness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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}]

from 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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