POMP'OUS, adjective
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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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.