grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous
(adjective) puffed up with vanity; “a grandiloquent and boastful manner”; “overblown oratory”; “a pompous speech”; “pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey”- Newsweek
pompous, ceremonious
(adjective) characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pompous (comparative more pompous, superlative most pompous)
Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
• conceited
• smug
• See also arrogant
• humble
• modest
• self-effacing
Source: Wiktionary
Pomp"ous, a. Etym: [F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See Pomp.]
1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession.
2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style. "Pompous in high presumption." Chaucer. he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress. Thackeray.
– Pom"ous*ly, adv.
– Pomp"ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 February 2025
(noun) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; “he wrote the manual on car care”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
