pomposity

English

Etymology

From Middle English pomposite (“solemnity”), from Latin pompōsitās.

Noun

pomposity (plural pomposities)

1. The quality of being pompous; self-importance.

   With their super-formal tone and heavy use of jargon, legal documents are renowned for their pomposity.

Synonyms

• bombast, ostentatiousness
• pompousness (less common)

Related terms

• pompous

Translations

quality

• Bulgarian: надутост (bg) f (nadutost)
• Finnish: pompöösiys, mahtipontisuus (fi), suurellisuus (fi)
• Galician: pomposidade (gl) f
• Irish: mórchúis f
• Portuguese: pomposidade f
• Swedish: pompösitet