All 3 Uses of
pompous
in
A Great and Terrible Beauty
- My brother might be pompous, but he knows certain things that could prove useful to me.†
Chpt 3 *
- Maybe it's imagining Ann squelching her voice to work for pompous aristocrats and their hateful children.†
Chpt 27
- She's appeasing him, but he's far too pompous to realize that.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
self-important or arrogant in speech or behavior -- especially in a way that seems exaggerated or overly formal
or more rarely: showing ceremonial splendor (pomp)
or more rarely: showing ceremonial splendor (pomp)