All 6 Uses

pompous
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Brideshead Revisited
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Aloysius wouldn't approve of that at all, would you, you pompous old bear?†
p. 65.9
I hope you haven't come expecting a pompous party.†
p. 84.4
"My sister's very pompous tonight," said Sebastian, when she was gone.†
p. 86.2
He had the physical tricks of his family, and his smile, when it rarely came, was as lovely as theirs; he spoke, in their voice, with a gravity and restraint which in my cousin Jasper would have sounded pompous and false, but in him was plainly unassumed and unconscious.†
p. 100.8 *
Pompous, you know.†
p. 254.3
"Why, you pompous ass ..." she said, stopped, and turned towards the door.†
p. 327.7

Definitions:

(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)