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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The character of being pompous; also, pompous conduct; magnificence; splendor; great display or show; ostentatiousness.
  • noun Synonyms See pompous.

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  • noun The quality of being pompous

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  • noun lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

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