pomp

[ pomp ]

/ pɒmp /

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noun

stately or splendid display; splendor; magnificence.

ostentatious or vain display, especially of dignity or importance.

pomps, pompous displays, actions, or things: The official was accompanied by all the pomps of his high position.

Archaic. a stately or splendid procession; pageant.

Nearby words

pomology, pomona, pomona glass, pomorze, pomosexual, pomp, pompadour, pompano, pompano beach, pompe's disease, pompeia

Origin of pomp

1275–1325; Middle English < Latin pompa display, parade, procession < Greek pompḗ orig., a sending, akin to pémpein to send

Related forms

pomp·less, adjective

Synonym study

1. See show.

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Examples from the Web for pomp

If a product is beautiful, why do you need all that pomp and circumstance?
The Hot Designer Who Hates Fashion: VK Nagrani Triumphs His Own Way|Tom Teodorczuk|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead, there was a high school band striking up the Elgar march “Pomp and Circumstance.”
The Sexy Dream of the 747|Clive Irving|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A glittering spectacle of British pomp and majesty it may be, but the clothes are rather tight, and the room is somewhat airless.
Thump! Audible Crash As Queen's Page Boy Collapses At Opening of Parliament|Tom Sykes|June 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Compared to where we had just been, what we had so recently done, all the pomp and circumstance seemed ingratiatingly trivial.
The Medal of Honor Disgrace|Brian Van Reet|March 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

We still seem driven by hype, by illusory health scares and benefits, by pomp, by the new and trendy, than by taste.
This Book Will Change the Way You Eat|Lucas Wittmann|December 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The pomp and vanity of dress was carried by both sexes to extravagance.
The Revolt of The Netherlands, Complete|Friedrich Schiller
He has a natural antipathy to pomp, and swagger, and fierce demeanor.
John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character|William Makepeace Thackeray
To endow two rained-on and shabby gentlemen with pomp and circumstance!
The Tin Soldier|Temple Bailey
Redvignez set himself very skilfully to do so, for Pomp was ignorant and exceedingly greedy for wealth.
Adrift on the Pacific|Edward S. Ellis
Here were no pomp and circumstance to interpose their false colours before the sordid vista of the future.
The Mayor of Warwick|Herbert M. Hopkins

British Dictionary definitions for pomp

pomp

/ (pɒmp) /

noun

stately or magnificent display; ceremonial splendour

vain display, esp of dignity or importance

obsolete a procession or pageant

Word Origin for pomp

C14: from Old French pompe, from Latin pompa procession, from Greek pompē; related to Greek pompein to send

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Medicine definitions for pomp

POMP

[ pē′ō-ĕm-pē′ ]

n.

A drug used in cancer chemotherapy and composed of purinethol (6-mercaptopurine), Oncovin (vincristine sulfate), methotrexate, and prednisone.