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Sutta Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

What do these sentences mean?

1.I'm never going to buy your book because you sound like a pompous windbag

2.All very high-minded and, in retrospect, more than a little pompous

3.Yet even the stellar artwork is not enough to hoist this book out of its pompous mire

4.The pompous king has cheeks like sides of mutton and narrow evil eyes.

I could understand the meaning of pompous but could not excerpt the meaning from the above sentences.

Thanks!!
  

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The meaning of 'pompous' is the same in all of your sentences, sutta, and the same as the dictionary meaning: adjective 1. characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official. 2.

— Mister Micawber

  • The meaning of 'pompous' is the same in all of your sentences, sutta, and the same as the dictionary meaning: adjective 1.
  • characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official.
  • 2.
  • ostentatiously lofty or high-flown: a pompous speech.
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The meaning of 'pompous' is the same in all of your sentences, sutta, and the same as the dictionary meaning:

adjective

1. characterized by an ostentatious
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sorry but i dont want the dictionary explanation.i want the meaning in simple english.Can u make it more simpler?This is a request
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The word itself is not simple, sutta. Maybe you should start using the [url=http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/pompous#pompous_3]MACMILLAN DICTIONARY[/url].
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