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pompous style

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  • pompous style — ornate style, ostentatious manner …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Pompous — Pomp ous, a. [F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See {Pomp}.] 1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession. [1913 Webster] 2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pompous — pom|pous [ˈpɔmpəs US ˈpa:m ] adj someone who is pompous thinks that they are important, and shows this by being very formal and using long words used to show disapproval ▪ He seems rather pompous. ▪ the book s pompous style >pompously adv… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • style — styleless, adj. stylelessness, n. stylelike, adj. /stuyl/, n., v. styled, styling. n. 1. a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character: the baroque style; The style of the house was too austere for their… …   Universalium

  • pompous — /ˈpɒmpəs / (say pompuhs) adjective 1. characterised by an ostentatious parade of dignity or importance: a pompous bow. 2. (of language, style, etc.) ostentatiously lofty. 3. characterised by pomp, stately splendour, or magnificence. {Middle… …  

  • pompous — n. 1 self important, affectedly grand or solemn. 2 (of language) pretentious; unduly grand in style. 3 archaic magnificent; splendid. Derivatives: pomposity n. (pl. ies). pompously adv. pompousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF pompeux f. LL pomposus… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pomously — Pompous Pomp ous, a. [F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See {Pomp}.] 1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession. [1913 Webster] 2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pompousness — Pompous Pomp ous, a. [F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See {Pomp}.] 1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession. [1913 Webster] 2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Maekawa Kunio — born May 14, 1905, Niigata shi, Japan died June 27, 1986, Tokyo Japanese architect. Maekawa worked as a drafter for Le Corbusier in Paris and for Antonin Raymond in Tokyo. In early works, such as Hinamoto Hall (1936) and the Dairen Town Hall… …   Universalium

  • Carl Barks — Infobox Comics creator name = Carl Barks imagesize = caption = Carl Barks visiting Finland in June, 1994 birthname = birthdate = birth date|1901|3|27|mf=y location = Merrill, OR deathdate = death date and age|2000|8|25|1901|3|27|mf=y deathplace …   Wikipedia

  • Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo — (born 1903, Siyamu/Pietermaritzburg (Natal); died 1953, Durban) is one of the major founding figures of South African literature and perhaps the first prolific African creative writer in English. His elder brother was the famous artist R.R.R.… …   Wikipedia

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