pompousnessn.
/ˈpɒmpəsnəs/, U.S. /ˈpɑmpəsnəs/ The quality or condition of being pompous; pomposity.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > magnificence
thrumOE
prideOE
wealc1290
noblessec1330
pompc1330
statec1330
nobletya1387
royaltyc1405
magnificence?1435
gloriousnessc1440
pompousness1447
noblenessc1450
pomperyc1460
triumpha1513
princeliness1545
gorgeousness1549
jollity1549
stateliness1556
proudnessa1586
royalitya1607
splendour1616
grandeur1652
superbiousness1654
splendidnessa1657
lustre1658
superbness1779
pompa1783
splendaciousness1853
magnoliousness1921
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [noun]
prideOE
nobleyec1300
farec1330
pompc1330
statec1330
rialtya1375
estatec1385
lordliness1440
pompousness1447
noblenessc1450
worthinessc1450
pomperyc1460
affairc1480
gloryc1480
majesty1481
triumpha1513
shine?1529
royalness?1548
sumptuosity1550
triumphing1569
magnificie1570
presence1570
gite1589
equipage1612
majesticalness1613
ceremonya1616
splendour1616
stateliness1637
majesticnessa1643
scheme1647
pageantry1651
grandeur1652
splendidnessa1657
magnanimity1658
magnificency1668
fluster1676
energy1764
pompa1783
panoply1790
pageanting1873
the mind > emotion > pride > pomposity > [noun]
pompositya1538
ventosity?1545
pontificality1600
bigness1634
fast1673
swell1724
bumbledom1847
highfalutin1847
highfalutination1858
pompousness1870
largeness1887
falutin1921
hugaboo1930
stuffed-shirtedness1981
fantasia-
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > pomposity
stiltedness1828
pomposity1841
gas and gaiters1856
pompousness1870
1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 8443 (MED) I sey yt for no pompousnesse, A ientylwumman I am.
1569 T. Roest tr. Briefe Declar. f. 16, in Theatre Worldlings All kinde of superfluitie and worldely pompousnesse.
1639 E. Reynolds Medit. Last Supper (ed. 2) xii. 72 Obtruded on consciences (swayed with superstitious pompousnesse) for matters substantiall and necessary to be observed.
1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. i. iv. 128 They [sc. Christ's miracles] had nothing of pompousness and ostentation.
1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 100 By the Pompousness of the whole Phrase, to wear off any Littleness that appears in the particular Parts that compose it.
1793 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) II. 283 The pompousness of this Embassy could not but excite the attention of England.
1820 J. Keats Lamia ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 33 Knowing surely she could never win His foolish heart from its mad pompousness.
1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 76 In verse, he had a pomp, which, excellent in itself, became pompousness in his imitators.
1910 G. S. Davies Renascence i. vi. 96 An engraving of this tomb..shows it to have been ornate even to pompousness.
1994 New Scientist 26 Feb. 49/2 On occasions, writing styles shade into pompousness, overt sentimentality or pretentious sociobabble.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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