bombaster


bom·bast

B0378400 (bŏm′băst′)n.1. Grandiloquent, pompous speech or writing.2. Grandiose or overpowering expression, as in music or painting.
[Alteration of obsolete bombace, cotton padding, from Old French, from Medieval Latin bombax, bombac-, cotton; see bombazine.]
bom′bast′er n.bom·bas′tic adj.bom·bas′ti·cal·ly adv.

bombaster

(ˈbɒmˌbæstə) nobsolete a person who stuffs or pads