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| pom·pous [ pómpəss ] |
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1. self-important: having an excessive sense of self-importance, usually displayed through exaggerated seriousness or stateliness in speech or manner
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2. revealing self-importance: displaying exaggerated seriousness or stateliness
  a pompous gesture
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3. ceremonially grand: full of splendor and magnificence
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| [14th century. Via French< Latin pomposus< pompa (see pomp)] |
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| pom·pous·ly adverb |
| pom·pous·ness noun |
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