Self-conscious display of (esp. inflated) dignity or importance in manner or language; ostentatiousness. Also: an instance of this.

figurative. The state of being inflated or puffed up; pompous conceit, vanity, or bombast.

depreciative. A grand, stately, or haughty demeanour. Now usually: arrogance; dogmatism; pomposity. rare before mid 20th cent.

figurative. Haughtiness, pomposity; (also) greatness, grand scale, importance. Obsolete.

Arrogance, pomposity.

The action or condition of swelling, in figurative senses. Proud or arrogant, or (in later use) pompous or pretentious air or behaviour; (a piece…

Petty local bureaucracy; officious and pompous behaviour by minor officials; officials of this type collectively.

A pompous or absurdly elevated style of speech or writing; bombast; an example of this.

a pompous or absurdly elevated style of language or speech; the use of such a style.

The quality or condition of being pompous; pomposity.

Superior air or manner. Obsolete. rare.

= highfalutin, adj. n.

Portentousness, pomposity.

The Italian word is current in the Levant and North Africa, in the senses. Ostentation, pomp, self-importance.