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Definition of Pompous
1. Adjective. Puffed up with vanity. "Pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"
Similar to: Pretentious
Derivative terms: Pomp, Pomposity, Pompousness
2. Adjective. Characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display.
Definition of Pompous
1. a. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession.
Definition of Pompous
1. Adjective. Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pompous
1. marked by exaggerated self-importance [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pompous
Literary usage of Pompous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Joseph Jacobs (1892)
"So too the pompous speak with an echo, and as their talk can only totter on with
the aid of stilts, at every word they need the support of a stupid " bravo ..."
2. The Bookman (1903)
"Deduct from a pompous old earl what society gives him and there may be only enough
of him left to play on an accordéon. Banish the second son of a peer from ..."
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