The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pomously
Pompous \Pomp"ous\, a. [F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See Pomp.]
Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession.
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Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style. ``Pompous in high presumption.''
--Chaucer.he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress.
--Thackeray. [1913 Webster] -- Pom"ous*ly, adv. -- Pomp"ous*ness, n.