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pompous | pompeii |

As an adjective pompous

is affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.

As a proper noun Pompeii is

a ruined Roman town in Italy, destroyed by Vesuvius (a volcano) in 79AD.

pompous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
  • * 1848, , Bantam Classics (1997), 16:
    • "Not that the parting speech caused Amelia to philosophise, or that it armed her in any way with a calmness, the result of argument; but it was intolerably dull, pompous , and tedious; and having the fear of her schoolmistress greatly before her eyes, Miss Sedley did not venture, in her presence, to give way to any ebullitions of private grief."

    Synonyms

    * conceited * smug * See also

    Antonyms

    * humble * modest * self-effacing

    Related terms

    * pomp * pomposity * pompously

    External links

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    pompeii

    English

    (wikipedia Pompeii)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A ruined Roman town in Italy, destroyed by Vesuvius (a volcano) in 79AD

    • Derived terms

    * Pompeiian, Pompeian