Noun: pomposity póm'pó-si-tee
- Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
"a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity";
- ostentation, ostentatiousness, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation
Derived forms: pomposities
Type of: inelegance
Encyclopedia: Pomposity