Pomp Definition

pŏmp
noun
Stately or brilliant display; splendor.
Webster's New World
Ostentatious show or display.
Webster's New World
A pageant.
Webster's New World
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verb

(obsolete) To make a pompous display; to conduct.

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Other Word Forms of Pomp

Noun

Singular:
pomp
Plural:
pomps

Origin of Pomp

  • From Middle English, from Old French pompe, from Latin pompa (“pomp"), from Ancient Greek πομπή (pompÄ“, “a sending, a solemn procession, pomp"), from πέμπω (pempō, “I send").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French pompe from Latin pompa pomp, procession from Greek pompē procession from pempein to send

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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