pompous

• adj.傲慢な;尊大な;仰々しい;派手な.

pompから、見せびらかす、持ち上げる。比喩的用法。

pompous (adj.)

late 14c., "characterized by exaggerated self-importance," from Old French pompos (14c., Modern French pompeux) and directly from Late Latin pomposus "stately, pompous," from Latin pompa "pomp" (see pomp). More literal (but less common) meaning "characterized by pomp" is attested from early 15c. Related: Pompously.

1. The prose of his official communications was so laboured， pompous and verbose.

彼の書いた公文書は派手にこねて、長い話をしている。

2.He was generally disliked and regarded as a pompous ass.

彼は人に見られないことが多く、自負した大ばか者と見なされている。

3.The service was grand without being pompous .

儀式の場面は壮大だが、派手ではない。

4.What a load of pompous ，pseudo-intellectual rot.

本当に思い上がった偽知識人のたわごとだ！

5.He is a great, pompous bladder of a man.

彼は非常に誇張的で自慢好きな人だ。