pomposity
(pɒmˈpɒsɪtɪ)
In 5 pomposite.
[ad. med.L. pompōsitās: see pompous and -ity.]
The quality of being pompous.
† 1. Pomp, solemnity. Obs. rare— 1.
| 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 41 Iulius Cesar ordeneide by the cownselle of the senate sette in pomposite alle the worlde to be dimencionate. |
2. Display of dignity or importance in deportment or language; ostentatiousness. (In quot. 1620 as a mock-title.)
| 1620 Shelton Quix. (1746) IV. xi. 92 Let not your Pomposity forget to write to me. 1763 in Boswell Johnson 25 June, An affectation of pomposity, unworthy of a man of genius. 1841 D'Israeli Amen. Lit. (1867) 135 Furious Latinisms, bristling with polysyllabic pomposity. 1879 M. Arnold Mixed Ess., French Critic on Goethe 302 Some acute remarks on the pomposity of diction. |