Bombast
21bombast — [[t]bɒ̱mbæst[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) Bombast is trying to impress people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning. There were men aboard who could not tolerate his bombast. Syn: pomposity …
22bombast — noun Etymology: Middle English bombast cotton padding, from Middle French bombace, from Medieval Latin bombac , bombax cotton, alteration of Latin bombyc , bombyx silkworm, silk, from Greek bombyk , bombyx Date: 1583 pretentious inflated speech… …
23Bombast — Bom|bast der; [e]s <aus gleichbed. engl. bombast, eigtl. »Baumwolle zum Auswattieren von Kleidern«, dies über lat. bombax, gr. pámbax aus mittelpers. pambak »Baumwolle«> (abwertend) [Rede]schwulst, Wortschwall …
24bombast — [16] Bombast originally meant ‘cotton wool’, especially as used for stuffing or padding clothes, upholstery, etc; hence, before the end of the 16th century, it had been transferred metaphorically to ‘pompous or turgid language’. The ultimate… …
25bombast — /ˈbɒmbæst / (say bombast) noun 1. high sounding and often insincere words; verbiage. 2. Obsolete cotton or other material used to stuff garments; padding. –adjective 3. Obsolete bombastic. {earlier bombace, from French, from Late Latin bombax… …
26bombást — a m (ȃ) 1. redko bombastičnost: besedni bombast Koseskega 2. ekspr. kdor bombastično govori …
27bombast — [16] Bombast originally meant ‘cotton wool’, especially as used for stuffing or padding clothes, upholstery, etc; hence, before the end of the 16th century, it had been transferred metaphorically to ‘pompous or turgid language’. The ultimate… …
28Bombast, der — Der Bombást, des es, plur. inus. bey den Neuern, der Schwulst in der Schreibart, eine aufgeblasene schwülstige Schreibart; ein aus dem Engl. Bombast entlehntes Wort, welches mit Bombarde und dem folgenden Eines Ursprunges ist. Die Franzosen… …
29bombast — /bom bast/, n. 1. speech too pompous for an occasion; pretentious words. 2. Obs. cotton or other material used to stuff garments; padding. adj. 3. Obs. bombastic. [1560 70; earlier bombace padding < MF < ML bombacem, acc. of bombax; see BOMBAX… …
30bombast — 1. noun a) Originally, cotton, or cotton wool. b) Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding. 2. verb To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate. 3. adjective …
