bombast

[ bom-bast ]
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noun
  1. speech too pompous for an occasion; pretentious words.

  2. Obsolete. cotton or other material used to stuff garments; padding.

adjective
  1. Obsolete. bombastic.

Origin of bombast

1
1560–70; earlier bombace padding <Middle French <Medieval Latin bombācem, accusative of bombāx;see bombax family

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bombast

/ (ˈbɒmbæst) /


noun
  1. pompous and grandiloquent language

  2. obsolete material used for padding

Origin of bombast

1
C16: from Old French bombace, from Medieval Latin bombāx cotton; see bombacaceous

Derived forms of bombast

  • bombastic, adjective
  • bombastically, adverb

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