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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pomp /pɑmp/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- grand display;
splendor;
magnificence. - a showy or vain display.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pomp (pomp),USA pronunciation n. - stately or splendid display;
splendor;
magnificence. - ostentatious or vain display, esp. of dignity or importance.
- pomps, pompous displays, actions, or things:The official was accompanied by all the pomps of his high position.
- [Archaic.]a stately or splendid procession;
pageant.
- Greek pompé̄ origin, originally, a sending, akin to pémpein to send
- Latin pompa display, parade, procession
- Middle English 1275–1325
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See show.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pomp /pɒmp/ n - stately or magnificent display; ceremonial splendour
- vain display, esp of dignity or importance
- obsolete a procession or pageant
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French pompe, from Latin pompa procession, from Greek pompē; related to Greek pompein to send |