Word of the week: Pompous

I came across this in the thesaurous while writing today and thought it sounded like a good word of the week.

–adjective

1. characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official.
2. ostentatiously lofty or high-flown: a pompous speech.
3. characterized by pomp, stately splendor, or magnificence.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME < LL pompōsus. See pomp, -ous]

pompous. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved January 24, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pompous

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