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Added 10 October 2026

pomposity

noun

Latin root: pompōsitās Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about pomposity at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The quality of being pompous; self-importance.
With their super-formal tone and heavy use of jargon, legal documents are renowned for their pomposity.

Origin

From Middle English pomposite (“solemnity”), from Latin pompōsitās. By surface analysis, pomp + -osity.

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