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Word entry · 7 letters

pompous

Best crossword clue

"Puffed up with vanity"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɒmpəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted mooppsuStarts with PEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. puffed up with vanity

Word origin

From Middle English pompous, from Old French pompeux, pompos, from Late Latin pomposus, from Latin pompa (“pomp”), from Ancient Greek πομπή (pompḗ, “a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”), from πέμπω (pémpō, “to send”), equivalent to pomp + -ous. Doublet of pomposo.

Used in a sentence

  • But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of bravery, in the infamy of his nature.

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