bombasticaladj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [adjective] > other
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bombastical1650
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ruched1896
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flapless1916
plunged1941
bat-wing1959
scoopy1970
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis xix. 195 If they be not corpulent [they] counterfeit [it] by the bombastical dissimulation of their garments.
2. = bombastic adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > inflated or bombastic
fleshyc1369
windya1382
unmeasureda1425
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embossed1578
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turgidous1602
swollen1605
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turgent1621
ampullous1622
tympanous1625
high-flown1632
tumorousa1637
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bombastical1649
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tuftaffetya1658
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dropsical1721
thundering1725
turgid1725
exsuffolate1744
Lexiphanic1767
hi cockalorum1783
Ossianic1788
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1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia Pref. sig. A5 Barbarismes..fit only for the bombasticall Anatomy of Paracelsus.
1858 Halpin in Grosart's Spenser (1882) III. Introd. 94 He was..pedantic and bombastical.
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