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Owlism :: Owlism (n.) Affected wisdom; pompous dullness.

Johnsonese :: "Johnsonese (n.) The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words..

Turgescency :: Turgescency (n.) Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity.

Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style..

Turgent :: Turgent (a.) Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.

High-sounding :: High-sounding (a.) Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles..

Declaim :: Declaim (v. i.) To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant..

Consequential :: Consequential (a.) Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending to importance; pompous; self-important; as, a consequential man. See Consequence, n., 4..

Swagger :: Swagger (v. i.) To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner..

Magniloquent :: Magniloquent (a.) Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.

Showiness :: Showiness (n.) The quality or state of being showy; pompousness; great parade; ostentation.

Parade :: Parade (v. t.) Pompous show; formal display or exhibition.

Grandiloquent :: Grandiloquent (a.) Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.

Stride :: Stride (v. t.) To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner..

Splendid :: Splendid (a.) Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as, a splendid palace; a splendid procession or pageant..

Triumph :: Triumph (n.) Hence, any triumphal procession; a pompous exhibition; a stately show or pageant..

Showily :: Showily (adv.) In a showy manner; pompously; with parade.

Stime :: Stilty (a.) Unreasonably elevated; pompous; stilted; as, a stilty style..

Chaperon :: Chaperon (n.) A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.

Emblazon :: Emblazon (v. t.) To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate.

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