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Answer for the clue "Lack of elegance as a consequence of pomposity ", 11 letters:
pompousness

Word definitions for pompousness in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being pompous

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pompous \Pomp"ous\, a. [F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See Pomp .] Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style. ``Pompous in high ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity [syn: ostentation , ostentatiousness , pomposity , pretentiousness , splashiness , inflation ]

Usage examples of pompousness.

Some are noted for their baroqueness, others for pompousness, a few for trappings and festoons.