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pompous

[ pom-puhs ]

adjective

  1. characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance:

    a pompous minor official.

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  2. ostentatiously lofty or high-flown:

    a pompous speech.

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  3. Archaic. characterized by pomp, or a display of stately splendor or magnificence:

    an impressive and pompous funeral.



pompous

/ 藞辫蓲尘辫蓹蝉 /

adjective

  1. exaggeratedly or ostentatiously dignified or self-important
  2. ostentatiously lofty in style

    a pompous speech

  3. rare.
    characterized by ceremonial pomp or splendour
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞辫辞尘辫辞耻蝉苍别蝉蝉, noun
  • 藞辫辞尘辫辞耻蝉濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫辞尘辫顎僶耻蝉路濒测 adverb
  • 耻苍路辫辞尘辫顎僶耻蝉 adjective
  • un路辫辞尘辫顎僶耻蝉路濒测 adverb
  • 耻苍路辫辞尘辫顎僶耻蝉路ness noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pompous1

First recorded in 1325鈥75; Middle English word from Late Latin word 辫辞尘辫艒蝉耻蝉. See pomp, -ous
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Francis dismissed the gesture as 鈥渁bsurdly pompous,鈥 but the damage was done.

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The magic of blasting down a wall of water balanced on a few pounds of Styrofoam doesn鈥檛 typically translate to the rectangular page; too many efforts feel pompous, ponderous or preening.

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Nelis renders the professor a pompous and pedantic twit but not a heartless one.

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Biden and other politicians can also be criminals, as well as fools, who are incompetent, small-minded, and pompous.

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At the end of the video shoot, Marquardt is seen on the tape referencing an old 鈥淪aturday Night Live鈥 routine featuring Jon Lovitz as Master Thespian, the comic鈥檚 portrayal of a pompous actor.

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