'Pompousness' definitions:
Definition of 'pompousness'
(from WordNet)
noun
Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity [syn: ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation]
Definition of 'Pompousness'
From: GCIDE
- Pompous \Pomp"ous\, a. [F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See Pomp.]
- 1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style. "Pompous in high presumption." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] -- {Pom"ous*ly}, adv. -- {Pomp"ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]