Pompatus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pompatus is a noun meaning (nonce word) One who is pompous or splendid.
Meaning
(nonce word) One who is pompous or splendid.
More Meanings
- (nonce word) Pomp, ostentatiousness, or spectacle.
Example Sentences
All the pompatus of war. It would come.
Ryan Mallett is the pompatus of offense.
“And my mom is the pompatus of love,” Will said.
She loved the way the lecturer stated it, offhand, but with the air of a pompatus.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pomp, grandiloquence, magniloquence, poobah, splendor, grandiosity.
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