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pomppomp /pɒmp $ pɑːmp/ noun [uncountable] pompOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French pompe, from Greek, ‘procession’ - All pluck and pomp, it rang throughout the hall in dulcet tones as never before.
- All that space, all that pomp, for just a bit of food.
- General Meade cared but little for the pomp and parade of war.
- He chafes at the pomp and security that has descended on him with his new post.
- No amount of display or pomp is going to increase it, or lack of it detract.
- Prestige, if nothing else, demanded that it be entered into with due pomp and circumstance.
- The people responsible for pomp and circumstance recognize this.
► pomp and ceremony The Queen’s birthday was celebrated with great pomp and ceremony. ► pomp and circumstance all the pomp and circumstance (=an impressive ceremony) of a treaty signing formal all the impressive clothes, decorations, music etc that are traditional for an important official or public ceremony: The Queen’s birthday was celebrated with great pomp and ceremony. all the pomp and circumstance (=an impressive ceremony) of a treaty signing |