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Pomposity — Pom*pos i*ty, n.; pl. {Pomposities}. The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness. Thackeray. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pomposity — index bombast, fustian, pretense (ostentation), pride, rhetoric (insincere language) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
pomposity — (n.) early 15c., from L.L. pompositas, from pomposus stately, pompous (see POMPOUS (Cf. pompous)). The sense of ostentatious display is from 1610s; earlier in Fr. pomposité … Etymology dictionary
pomposity — [päm päs′ə tē] n. [ME pomposite < LL pompositas: see POMPOUS & ITY] 1. the quality of being pompous; ostentation; self importance 2. pl. pomposities a pompous act, remark, etc … English World dictionary
pomposity — [[t]pɒmpɒ̱sɪti[/t]] pomposities N UNCOUNT: also N in pl (disapproval) Pomposity means speaking or behaving in a very serious manner which shows that you think you are more important than you really are. Einstein was a scientist who hated… … English dictionary
pomposity — noun The quality of being pompous; self importance. He shows great pomposity, the pretentious windbag. Syn: bombast, ostentatiousness See Also: pompous … Wiktionary
pomposity — pompous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ affectedly grand, solemn, or self important. DERIVATIVES pomposity noun pompously adverb … English terms dictionary
pomposity — noun (plural ties) Date: 1620 1. pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior 2. a pompous gesture, habit, or act … New Collegiate Dictionary
pomposity — Synonyms and related words: Barnumism, affectation, arrogance, assurance, assuredness, bedizenment, belief, big talk, buckram, ceremonial, ceremoniousness, ceremony, certitude, cocksureness, confidence, confidentness, conviction, convolution,… … Moby Thesaurus
pomposity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Pretension] Syn. presumption, conceit, overconfidence; see arrogance . 2. [Grandiloquence] Syn. balderdash, pretension, bombast; see nonsense 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Boastful self importance or display:… … English dictionary for students
