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pomposity
/ pɒmˈpɒsɪtɪ /
noun
- vain or ostentatious display of dignity or importance
- the quality of being pompous
- ostentatiously lofty style, language, etc
- a pompous action, remark, etc
Word History and Origins
Origin of pomposity1
Example Sentences
The idea that jazz has become a catchword for pomposity is painful for those of us who care deeply about this music.
This will be salutary, and will deflate some of the pomposity-born-of-precociousness that bedevils Obama.
The inn-keeper at Valence amused us much by his empty pomposity.
He has lifted the only shield I cannot break, the shield of an impenetrable pomposity.
Horned heads, short-arched necks, and held-in chins abundantly told of pride and pomposity.
I would have expected perhaps a certain solemnity or even pomposity in the style of it; he had never a strong sense of humour.
In their lofty eminence of pomposity they are challenged only by Anglican bishops and grand opera tenors.
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