POMP

pomp, eclat

(noun) ceremonial elegance and splendor; “entered with much eclat in a coach drawn by eight white horses”

gaudery, pomp

(noun) cheap or pretentious or vain display

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

pomp (countable and uncountable, plural pomps)

Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.

A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.

Verb

pomp (third-person singular simple present pomps, present participle pomping, simple past and past participle pomped)

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

Source: Wiktionary

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Pomp, n. Etym: [OE. pompe, F. pompe, L. pompa, fr. Gr. Pump a shoe.]

1. A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant. "All the pomps of a Roman triumph." Addison.

2. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.

Syn.

– Display; parade; pageant; pageantry; splendor; state; magnificence; ostentation; grandeur; pride.

Pomp, v. i.

Definition: To make a pompons display; to conduct. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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