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  1. 1. a. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. puffed up with vanity Source: wordnet
  4. 4. adj. characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession. 2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style. "Pompous in high presumption." Chaucer. he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress. Thackeray. -- Pom"ous*ly, adv. -- Pomp"ous*ness, n. Source: webster
  6. 6. j:100 a. characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display Source: ecdict

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