Definition of Pompous

Pomp´ous
a.1.Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession.
2.Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style.
he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress.
- Thackeray.


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