Pomposo
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Pomposo is an adjective meaning (music) Ceremonious and dignified.
Meaning
(music) Ceremonious and dignified.
More Meanings
- (music) In a ceremonious and dignified manner.
- (slang, derogatory, dated) An arrogant, boastful or self-important person.
Example Sentences
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.
The book's sheer joy lies in her hour-by-hour outwitting the young pomposo, resulting in a frustrated entry in his journal on Sunday morning.
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.
Word Forms
- pomposos
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pompatic, pontifical, altiloquent, poncy, pommy, magniloquous.
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