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• bombastical (archaic)
• bombastick (obsolete)
• bumbastic, bumbastical (obsolete)

語源

From bombast (“padding, stuffing”) +‎ -ic, 18th century. Sense evolution possibly influenced by unrelated bomb and bombard; see also bombard phrase.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /bɒmˈbæs.tɪk/
• (米国発音) IPA: /bɑmˈbæs.tɪk/
• 韻: -æstɪk
• ハイフネーション: bom‧bas‧tic

形容詞

bombastic (comparative more bombastic, superlative most bombastic)

1. (of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:verbose, Thesaurus:arrogant

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:concise

   • 1907, Allen Chapman, Bound to Succeed:

     Dorsett came up the stairs, buggy whip in hand. He bustled into the office in his usual self-important way. Frank noticed that the old clerk sat down on him promptly. He was not one bit impressed with the bombastic visitor from Greenville.

2. High-sounding but with little meaning.
3. (archaic) Inflated, overfilled.

   Synonyms: inflated, turgid

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