pomposity
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They won us over with their mild pomposity and aloofness, whereas Rapaport’s annoyance wreaks collateral damage like a chronically unbathed person’s odor assails bystanders.
From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026
Mr. Dirden speaks with a majestic orotundity that evokes a preacher carrying around an invisible pulpit, and exudes a preening pomposity and the requisite vicious abusiveness toward Lucky.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 29, 2025
I love the Oscars, with all their pageantry and pomposity.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2024
Chandler was also good at puncturing Ross's occasional moments of pomposity.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2023
For a second Cudgeon’s face glowed with the old pomposity.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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