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pomposo

pomposo adjective: ceremonious and dignified.

Adjective

pomposo (comparative more pomposo, superlative most pomposo)

  1. Ceremonious and dignified.

Adverb

pomposo (comparative more pomposo, superlative most pomposo)

  1. In a ceremonious and dignified manner.

Noun

pomposo (plural pomposos)

  1. (dated, derogatory, slang) An arrogant, boastful or self-important person.
    • I have heard that this pomposo, this braggart, is a Yankee trick too; that he has the front of a lion, the liver of the chicken.1876, Bret Harte, The Poetical Works, Including the Drama of "The Two Men of Sandy Bar", page 414
    • After all, it isn't amusing for the grand seigneurs, the pomposos, of the art-dealing world to have their opinions first questioned and then disproved again and again by someone so much younger and, according to their standards, so much less equipped.1912, Grant Richards, Caviare, page 186

Forms of pomposo

Adjective
comparativemore pomposo
superlativemost pomposo
Adverb
comparativemore pomposo
superlativemost pomposo
Noun
pluralpomposos

Origin of pomposo

From Italian pomposo (“magnificent”). Doublet of pompous.

Questions about pomposo

What does pomposo mean?
Pomposo means ceremonious and dignified.
What part of speech is pomposo?
Pomposo can be an adjective, an adverb or a noun.

Words near pomposo in the dictionary

  1. pompons
  2. pompoon
  3. pompoons
  4. pomposities
  5. pomposity
  6. pomposo
  7. pomposos
  8. pompous
  9. pompously
  10. pompousness
  11. pompousnesses

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