† bombastryn.
Obsolete. rare.
Bombastic composition.
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bombastry1710
1710 J. Swift Tale of Tub (ed. 5) i. 41 Bombastry [1704: Bombast] and Buffoonry, by Nature lofty and light, soar highest of all.
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