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pom·pos·i·ty

   [pom-pos-i-tee]
noun, plural -ties for 3.
1.
the quality of being pompous.
2.
pompous parading of dignity or importance.
3.
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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pompous (ˈpɒmpəs)
 
—adj
1.  exaggeratedly or ostentatiously dignified or self-important
2.  ostentatiously lofty in style: a pompous speech
3.  rare characterized by ceremonial pomp or splendour
 
'pompously
 
—adv
 
'pompousness
 
—n

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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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