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   pompous

   /ˈpɒmpəs/

   adjective

   • 1. affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important: "a pompous ass who pretends he knows everything" Similar self-importantimperiousoverbearingdomineeringmagisterialpontificalsententiousgrandioseaffectedstiffpretentiouspuffed uparrogantvainhaughtyproudconceitedegotisticsuperciliouscondescendingpatronizinginformal:snootyuppityuppishbombastichigh-soundinghigh-flownloftyturgidgrandiloquentmagniloquentornateoverblownoverripeinflatedrhetoricaloratoricaldeclamatorysonorousportentouspedanticboastfulboastingbraggingbraggartFalstaffianinformal:highfalutinwindyrare:fustianeuphuisticorotundOpposite modesthumbleself-effacing
   • 2. characterized by pomp or splendour: archaic "processions and other pompous shows"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French pompeux ‘full of grandeur’, from late Latin pomposus, from pompa ‘pomp’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pompously adverb
   • 2. pompousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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