Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Bombastic; turgid; inflated.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Using, or interlarded with, pretentious words; bombastic

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  • adjective Using bombastic or pretentious wording or language.

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  • Using bombastic or pretentious language.

    January 8, 2007

  • here

    January 14, 2007