All 3 Uses
pompous
in
The Adventures of Augie March
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- She kindly let me get by most of the time with putting on the dog and pompousness, being a warm girl.†
Chpt 8 *
- I'd laugh out loud at his mixture of pompousness and revolutionist's jargon and his amended Tennessee accent.†
Chpt 11
- Now he talked of his aunt Ettl as an artist and sounded pompous.†
Chpt 25
Definitions:
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(1)
(pompous) 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) - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)