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pomposity

[pom-pos-i-tee]

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noun, plural pom·pos·i·ties for 3.

the quality of being pompous.

pompous parading of dignity or importance.

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

Also, pomp·ous·ness

[pom-puhs-nis] (for defs. 1, 2).

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English pomposite < Late Latin pompōsitās. See pompous, -ity

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pomposity (pɒmˈpɒsɪtɪ)

—n , pl -ties
1.	vain or ostentatious display of dignity or importance
2.	the quality of being pompous
3.	ostentatiously lofty style, language, etc
4.	a pompous action, remark, etc

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Word Origin & History

pomposity

early 15c., from L.L. pompositas, from pomposus "stately, pompous" (see pompous). The sense of "ostentatious display" is from 1610s; earlier in Fr. pomposité.

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