Webster's Dictionary 1913

3781

Bombast

Bom″bast (bŏm″bȧst or bŭm″bȧst; 277), n. [OF. bombace cotton, LL. bombax cotton, bombasium a doublet of cotton; hence, padding, wadding, fustian. See Bombazine.] 1. Originally, ...

3782

Bombast (2)

Bom″bast, a. High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.evades them with a bombast circumstance,Horribly stuffed with epithets of war.Shak.Nor a tall ...

3783

Bombast (3)

Bom‐bast″ (bŏm‐bȧst″ or bŭm‐bȧst″), v. t. To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.Not bombasted with words vain ticklish ears to feed.Drayton.

3784

Bombastic

{ Bom‐bas″tic (bŏm‐bȧs″tĭk or bŭm‐bȧs″tĭk), Bom‐bas″tic‐al } (�), a. Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated. — Bom‐bas″tic‐al‐ly, adv.A theatrical, bombastic, windy p...

3785

Bombastry

Bom″bast‐ry (�), n. Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian.Bombastry and buffoonery, by nature lofty and light, soar highest of all.Swift.

3786

Bombax

‖Bom″bax (�), n. [LL., cotton. See Bombast, n.] (Bot.) A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree; also, a tree of the genus Bombax.

3787

Bombazet Bombazette

{ Bom′ba‐zet″ Bom′ba‐zette″ } (�), n. [Cf. Bombazine.] A sort of thin woolen cloth. It is of various colors, and may be plain or twilled.

3788

Bombazine

Bom′ba‐zine″ (�), n. [F. bombasin, LL. bombacinium, bambacinium, L. bombycinus silken, bombycinum a silk or cotton texture, fr. bombyx silk, silkworm, Gr. �. Cf. Bombast, Bombyc...

3789

Bombic

Bom″bic (�), a. [L. bombyx silk, silkworm: cf. F. bombique.] Pertaining to, or obtained from, the silkworm; as, bombic acid.

3790

Bombilate

Bom″bi‐late (�), v. i. [LL. bombilare, for L. bombitare. See Bomb, n.] To hum; to buzz.

3791

Bombilation

Bom′bi‐la″tion (�), n. A humming sound; a booming.To... silence the bombilation of guns.Sir T. Browne.

3792

Bombinate

Bom″bi‐nate (�), v. i. To hum; to boom.

3793

Bombination

Bom′bi‐na″tion (�), n. A humming or buzzing.

3794

Bombolo

Bom″bo‐lo (�), n.; pl.Bomboloes (�). [Cf. It bombola a pitcher.] A thin spheroidal glass retort or flask, used in the sublimation of camphor. [Written also bumbelo, and bumbolo.]

3795

Bombproof

Bomb″proof′ (�), a. Secure against the explosive force of bombs. — n. A structure which heavy shot and shell will not penetrate.

3796

Bombshell

Bomb″shell′ (�), n. A bomb. See Bomb, n.

3797

Bombycid

Bom‐by″cid (�), a.(Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the genus Bombyx, or the family Bombycidæ.

3798

Bombycinous

Bom‐byc″i‐nous (�), a. [L. bombycinus. See Bombazine.] 1. Silken; made of silk. Coles.2. Being of the color of the silkworm; transparent with a yellow tint. E. Darwin.

3799

Bombylious

Bom‐byl″i‐ous (�), a. [L. bombylius a bumblebee, Gr. �.] Buzzing, like a bumblebee; as, the bombylious noise of the horse fly. Derham.

3800

Bombyx

‖Bom″byx (bŏm″bĭks), n. [L., silkworm. See Bombazine.] (Zoöl.) A genus of moths, which includes the silkworm moth. See Silkworm.

3801

Bon

‖Bon (�), a. [F., fr. L. bonus.] Good; valid as security for something.

3802

Bon Silène

‖Bon″ Si′lène″ (bôN″ sē̍′lā̍n″). (Bot.) A very fragrant tea rose with petals of various shades of pink.

3803

Bon ton

‖Bon″ ton″ (bôN″ tôN″). The height of the fashion; fashionable society.

3804

Bon vivant

‖Bon′ vi′vant″ (bôN′ vē̍′väN″); pl.Bons vivants (–väN″z). [F. bon good + vivant, p. pr. of vivre to live.] A good fellow; a jovial companion; a free liver.

3805

Bon-accord

Bon–ac‐cord″ (�), n. Good will; good fellowship; agreement.

3806

Bona fide

‖Bo″na fi″de (�). In or with good faith; without fraud or deceit; real or really; actual or actually; genuine or genuinely; as, you must proceed bona fide; a bona fide purchaser...

3807

Bona fides

‖Bo″na fi″des (bō″nȧ fī″dēz). Good faith; honesty; freedom from fraud or deception.