pompatic

adjective

variants or less commonly pompatical

obsolete

: pompous

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin pompaticus showy, splendid, from pompatus (past participle of pompare to perform with pomp, from Latin pompa pomp) + Latin -icus -ic

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