BOMBAST, BOMBASTIC
ADJECTIVES
1588 ► TAFFETA bombastic, florid; over-dressed; dainty, delicate, fastidious
1592 ► FUSTIAN bombastic; ridiculously lofty in expression; high-flown, inflated, pompous
1594 ► ORIFICIAL bombastic; high-sounding, bombastic, inflated → obs.
1594 ► PUFFY bombastic
1595 ► TIFFETY-TAFFETY bombastic; florid; over-dressed; dainty, delicate, fastidious → obs.
1625 ► TYMPANOUS inflated, puffed up; bombastic; hollow, empty, vain → obs.
1626 ► RODOMONT bombastic, boasting, braggart → arch.
1656 ► MAGNILOQUENT using bombastic or pompous language; lofty or ambitious in expression, using a stately manner of speaking or writing
1719 ► TAFFETY bombastic; florid; over-dressed; dainty, delicate, fastidious, particular
1725 ► TURGID of language: inflated, grandiloquent, pompous, bombastic
1911 ► BRAGGAND bombastic; boastful → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BRAGGIE →BRAGGY bombastic; boastful → Sc. (Bk.)
1972 ► HYBOLIC bombastic; pompous → Hawaii youth usage
NOUNS
1550 ► VENTOSITY bombast; pomposity, vanity
1593 ► FUSTIAN pompous or pretentious speech or writing; inflated, turgid, or inappropriately lofty language; bombast, rant
1599 ► TARATANTARA bombast; high-flown, loud, extravagant, or pretentious talk → obs.
1654 ► TURGENCY an inflated or bombastic style of language
1670 ► TARATANTARO bombast; high-flown, loud, extravagant, or pretentious talk → obs.
1756 ► TURGIDITY grandiloquence, pomposity, bombast; inflation of language
1823 ► POLYPHLOISBOIOISM noisy bombast → obs.
1847 ► GAS bombast; humbug; nonsense; empty or boastful talk; showy pretense → sl.
1888 ► FLUBDUB bombastic or inept language; nonsense, balderdash → Amer. dial.
1920 ► ALL GAS AND GAITERS bombast; nonsense, rubbish, pomposity → sl.
1922 ► PISS AND WIND bombast; empty talk → sl.
1922 ► WIND AND PISH bombast; empty talk → sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1903 ► TARTARIN a bombastic fellow
1904 ► STUMPER a bombastic speaker → sl. (Bk.)
1904 ► STUMP ORATOR a bombastic speaker → sl. (Bk.)
1904 ► STUMP-SPEAKER a bombastic speaker → sl. (Bk.)