bom·bast (b m b st )n. Grandiloquent, pompous speech or writing. [Alteration of obsolete bombace, cotton padding, from Old French, from Medieval Latin bombax, bombac-, cotton; see bombazine.] bom baster n.bom·bas tic adj.bom·bas ti·cal·ly adv. |
bombast
Noun
pompous and flowery language [Medieval Latin bombax cotton]
bombastic adj
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| Noun | 1. |  bombast - pompous or pretentious talk or writinggrandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric - high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language" |
bombast
noun pomposity, ranting, bragging, hot air (informal) bluster, grandiosity, braggadocio, grandiloquence, rodomontade (literary) gasconade (rare) extravagant boasting, magniloquence
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