bombasticadj.
/bɒmˈbastɪk/, U.S. /bɑmˈbæstɪk/ 1. Of the nature of bombast; inflated, turgid.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > inflated or bombastic
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tiptoe-strouting1602
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exsufflicatea1616
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tympanous1625
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bombastical1649
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tuftaffetya1658
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bombastic1704
dropsical1721
thundering1725
turgid1725
exsuffolate1744
Lexiphanic1767
hi cockalorum1783
Ossianic1788
mouthing1814
mouthy1827
sophomoric1837
highfalutin1839
sophomorical1847
spread eagle1853
tumescent1882
Herodian1886
Ossianesque1889
Barnumesque1890
1704 Key to Rehearsal Pref. 4 Outdoing them in their Bumbastick Bills.
1756 T. Nugent tr. C.-L. de S. de Montesquieu Spirit of Laws xxviii. i Frivolous in the substance, and bombastic in the style.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 600.
1861 J. Tulloch Eng. Puritanism ii. 326 His bombastic words signify nothing.
2. Given to the use of bombastic language.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > inflated or bombastic > using bombastic style
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fustian1600
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bombastic1727
ranting1771
bloviating1851
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sophomoric1891
1727 D. Defoe Ess. Hist. Apparitions iv. 29 A certain bombastic Author.
1864 C. Kingsley Roman & Teuton iii. 66 Claudian, the poet, a bombastic panegyrist of contemporary Roman scoundrels.
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