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Meanings of pomposity in English

Portuguese
fausto
Catalan
grandiloqüència

Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity.

fausto
Usage of pomposity in English
1
Hugh was very angry and a little absurd in his youthful pomposity.
The Plastic Age
2
At this the French agent draws his figure up with much pomposity.
Miss Caprice
3
There is a curious pomposity about him, too, which grates upon me.
Thyrza
4
Certainly not the time for unkind mention of his slight pomposity.
The Irish Times
5
The gentleman took it seriously, and it has given his strut additional pomposity.
Political Recollections / 1840 to 1872
6
The inn-keeper at Valence amused us much by his empty pomposity.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Province...
7
He took refuge, as he always did when he was confused, in pomposity.
The Cathedral: A Novel
8
This deceptive title, not unpredictably, reeks of bourgeois pretentiousness and pomposity.
The Irish Times
9
Without an atom of pomposity or air rectorial, he settled himself to listen.
Paul Faber, Surgeon
10
Inevitably his pomposity and smirking appearance making the announcement means few will believe him.
Radio NZ
11
His dignity had a bare suspicion of pomposity in it.
Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
12
And ask it what it thinks of you-ofyour patronage and pomposity and conceit.
The Cathedral: A Novel
13
He had just an individualizing amount of the pomposity characteristic of many old-time actors.
Tales from Bohemia
14
Any kind of pomposity was held up to endless ridicule.
The Guardian
15
But the internet is peculiarly adapted to deftly pricking pomposity.
The Guardian
16
An excited crowd streamed after the policeman, who stalked on with no little pomposity.
Golden Stories / A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost...
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Portuguese
fausto
Pomposity through the time
Pomposity across language varieties
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