pompous
pronunciation
How to pronounce pompous in British English:
UK [ˈpɒmpəs]
How to pronounce pompous in American English:
US [ˈpɑmpəs]
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- Adjective:
- puffed up with vanity
Word Origin
- pompous (adj.)
- late 14c., "characterized by exaggerated self-importance," from Old French pompos (14c., Modern French pompeux) and directly from Late Latin pomposus "stately, pompous," from Latin pompa "pomp" (see pomp). More literal (but less common) meaning "characterized by pomp" is attested from early 15c. Related: Pompously.
Example
- 1. They didn 't have a pompous bone between them .
- 2. How can such pompous people be in charge of moderating our god complex ?
- 3. As well as officialdom , its targets included computer-security and online-gaming companies regarded as pompous , complacent or hypocritical .
- 4. Yet many amazon reviewers are just as snotty , pompous and snide as the worst of the " tits " in the times literary supplement .
- 5. Back then it seemed a forgivably pompous title for the pompous thoughts of management gurus .