pompous
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pompous/ˈpɒmpəs/
▶adjective
- 1 affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important.
- 2 archaic characterized by pomp or splendour.
– derivatives
pomposity noun,
pompously adverb,
pompousness noun.
pomposity noun,
pompously adverb,
pompousness noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. pompeux ‘full of grandeur’, from late L. pomposus, from pompa ‘pomp’.
'pompous' also found in these Oxford entries:
blimp
- fuddy-duddy
- fustian
- gobbledegook
- grandiloquent
- highfalutin
- mouth
- one
- orotund
- -osity
- pontifical
- pontificate
- pooh-bah
- sententious
- speechify
- stuffed shirt
- tin god
- tumid
- turgid
- vapour
