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The definition of bombast is talk or writing that sounds much more important than it is.

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The writings of Shakespeare are examples of bombast.

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noun

talk or writing that sounds grand or important but has little meaning; pompous language

Origin: ME, cotton padding < OFr bombace < ML bombax, cotton < bambax, cotton (with form infl. by L bombyx, silk, silkworm < Gr) < LGr < Gr pambax < Pers pambak, cotton

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noun

Grandiloquent, pompous speech or writing.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of obsolete bombace, cotton padding

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Medieval Latin bombax, bombac-, cotton; see bombazine

Related Forms:

bomˈbastˌer noun

bom·basˈtic adjective

bom·basˈti·cal·ly adverb

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