Definition of Bombast

  • (n.) Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.
  • (n.) Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding.
  • (n.) Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.
  • (a.) High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.
  • (v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.

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