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pompous
adjective
puffed up with vanity
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ˈpɒmpəs
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adjective
puffed up with vanity
“a grandiloquent and boastful manner”
adjective
characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
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a grandiloquent and boastful manner
overblown oratory
a pompous speech
{'source': 'Newsweek', 'text': 'pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey'}
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