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