{ 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 phraseology.
Burke.
Syn. — Turgid; tumid; pompous; grandiloquent.
Webster's Dictionary 1913
{ 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 phraseology.
Burke.
Syn. — Turgid; tumid; pompous; grandiloquent.