Found 2 items, similar to pompousness.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pompousness
pompousness
n : lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and
puffed up with vanity [syn:
ostentation,
ostentatiousness,
pomposity,
pretentiousness,
splashiness,
inflation]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pompousness
Pompous
\Pomp"ous\, a. [F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See
Pomp.]
1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur;
magnificent; as, a pompous procession.
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2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as,
pompous manners; a pompous style.
“Pompous in high
presumption.” --Chaucer.
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he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress.
--Thackeray.
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Pom"ous*ly, adv. --
Pomp"ous*ness,
n.
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