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bombastic

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++bom·bas·tic /bɒmˈbæstɪk $ bɑːm-/ adjective  SLbombastic language contains long words that sound important but have no real meaning 辞藻华丽空洞的 He is best known for three rather bombastic poems. 他以三首辞藻华丽空洞的诗歌最为知名。bombast /ˈbɒmbæst $ ˈbɑːm-/ noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
bombasticOf course, this kind of thing can become bombastic and rhetorical.There is nothing electric here, nothing bombastic nor blaring, as this is his first acoustic recording.Derek is bombastic, opinionated and very happy to correct his wife in public.His bombastic style made him unpopular with his colleagues.Leavitt's bombastic, trivial films were completely phoney.The bombastic, vainglorious Nivelle had virtually announced to the world his grandiose expectations, making the dreadful defeat doubly damaging.
Origin bombastic (1700-1800) bombast bombastic language ((16-21 centuries)), from Old French bombace soft material for filling something, from Medieval Latin bombax cotton
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bombastic
bombastic /bɒmˈbæstɪk $ bɑːm-/ adjective
 Date: 1700-1800
 Origin: bombast 'bombastic language' (16-21 centuries), from Old French bombace 'soft material for filling something', from Medieval Latin bombax 'cotton'
bombastic language contains long words that sound important but have no real meaning:
    He is best known for three rather bombastic poems.
—bombast /ˈbɒmbæst $ ˈbɑːm-/ noun [uncountable]