pomposity

[ pom-pos-i-tee ]
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noun,plural pom·pos·i·ties for 3.
  1. the quality of being pompous.

  2. pompous parading of dignity or importance.

  1. an instance of being pompous, as by ostentatious loftiness of language, manner, or behavior.

Origin of pomposity

1
1400–50; late Middle English pomposite<Late Latin pompōsitās.See pompous, -ity
  • Also pomp·ous·ness [pom-puhs-nis] /ˈpɒm pəs nɪs/ (for defs. 1, 2).

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How to use pomposity in a sentence

  • Boys and girls are, for all their high spirits, creatures of infinite solemnities and pomposities.

    Dangerous Ages | Rose Macaulay
  • You will provide it that he does not measure his voice against the big-drum thumping of the best-selling pomposities of the hour.

  • In Great Britain public pomposities take up the strain and deliver large vague, foolish discourses on our intellectual decline.

    Mankind in the Making | H. G. Wells
  • The empty pomposities of Spontini mingle with the loftiest conceptions.

    Musicians of To-Day | Romain Rolland

British Dictionary definitions for pomposity

pomposity

/ (pɒmˈpɒsɪtɪ) /


nounplural -ties
  1. vain or ostentatious display of dignity or importance

  2. the quality of being pompous

  1. ostentatiously lofty style, language, etc

  2. a pompous action, remark, etc

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