Pomp″ous (?), a. [F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See Pomp.] 1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession.
2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style. “Pompous in high presumption.” Chaucer.
he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress. Thackeray.
— Pom″ous‐ly, adv. — Pomp″ous‐ness, n.