Pomp"ous (?), a. [F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See Pomp.]
1.
Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession.
2.
Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style.
"
Pompous in high presumption."
Chaucer.
he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress.
Thackeray.
-- Pom"ous*ly, adv. -- Pomp"ous*ness, n.
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