figurative. Something empty, insubstantial, or trivial; (derogatory) a pompous, bombastic, or self-important person, a ‘windbag’.
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| 释义 | the mind > emotion > pride > pomposity > [noun] > person (6) puffball1763 figurative. Something empty, insubstantial, or trivial; (derogatory) a pompous, bombastic, or self-important person, a ‘windbag’. pomposo1806 An affected or self-important person. panjandrum1825 (A mock title for) a mysterious (frequently imaginary) personage of great power or authority; a pompous or pretentious official; a self-important… Lord Muck1858 a self-important, pompous, or pretentious man; a man pretending to have greater importance or status than he really has; cf. Lady Muck n. at muck, n.1… stuffed shirt1913 one who is pompous and conservative, but usually ineffectual. blimp1935 allusively. More fully Colonel Blimp. An old-fashioned, pompous, or reactionary person, likened to Colonel Blimp; (originally) spec. an old army… |
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