Definition for POMP'OUS

POMP'OUS, a. [Fr. pompeux; It. pomposo.]

  1. Displaying pomp; showy with grandeur; splendid; magnificent; as, a pompous procession; a pompous triumph.
  2. Ostentatious; boastful; as, a pompous account of private adventures.

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