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for pompousness
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Pompous \Pomp"ous\, a. [F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See Pomp.]
1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur;
magnificent; as, a pompous procession.
[1913 Webster]
2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as,
pompous manners; a pompous style. "Pompous in high
presumption." --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress.
--Thackeray.
[1913 Webster] -- Pom"ous*ly, adv. -- Pomp"ous*ness,
n.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
pompousness
n 1: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and
puffed up with vanity [syn: ostentation,
ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness,
pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation]
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