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pompous

 adjective
     
pom‧pous
someone who is pompous thinks that they are important, and shows this by being very formal and using long words - used to show disapproval:
He seems rather pompous.
the book's pompous style
—pompously adverb
—pomposity also pompousness noun [uncountable]
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