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pomp·ous
/ˈpɑmpəs/
(
a
.)傲慢的,自大的,誇大的,豪華的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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
.
“
Pompous
in
high
presumption.”
he
pompous
vanity
of
the
old
schoolmistress
.
--
Thackeray
.
--
Pom*ous*ly
,
adv.
--
Pomp*ous*ness
,
n.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
pompous
adj
:
puffed
up
with
vanity
; "
a
grandiloquent
and
boastful
manner
"; "
overblown
oratory
"; "
a
pompous
speech
";
"
pseudo-scientific
gobbledygook
and
pontifical
hooey
"-
Newsweek
[
syn
:
grandiloquent
,
overblown
,
pontifical
,
portentous
]
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