Meanings (ES + gloss)
altisonante • altísono • campanudo • grandilocuente • hinchado • majestuoso • pomposo • rimbombante
Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of bravery, in the infamy of hi…
Not that the parting speech caused Amelia to philosophise, or that it armed her in any way with a calmness, the result of argument; but it was intolerably dull, pompous, and tediou…
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