King James Bible Dictionary

POMP, noun [Latin pompa; bombus; Eng. bomb, bombast.]

1. A procession distinguished by ostentation of grandeur and splendor; as the pomp of a Roman triumph.

2. Show of magnificence; parade; splendor.

Hearts formed for love, but doom'd in vain to glow

In prison'd pomp and weep in splendid woe.

POMPAT'IC, adjective [Low Latin pompaticus, pompatus.]

Pompous; splendid; ostentatious. [Not in use.]

POMP'ET, noun The ball which printers use to black the types.

POM'PHOLYX,noun [Latin from Gr. a tumor; a blast, a puff, a bubble, a pustule. See Pomp.] The white oxyd which sublimes during the combustion of zink; called flowers of zink. It rises and adheres to the dome of the furnace and the covers of crucibles.

POMP'ION, noun [See Pomp and Pomace.] A pumpkin; a plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita.

POM'PIRE, noun [Latin pomum, apple, and pyrus, pear.]

A sort of pearmain.

POMPOS'ITY, noun Pompousness; ostentation; boasting.

POMP'OUS, adjective

1. Displaying pomp; showy with grandeur; splendid; magnificent; as a pompous procession; a pompous triumph.

2. Ostentatious; boastful; as a pompous account of private adventures.

POMP'OUSLY, adverb With great parade or display; magnificently; splendidly; ostentatiously.

POMP'OUSNESS, noun The state of being pompous; magnificence; splendor; great display of show; ostentatiousness.

POM'-WATER, noun The name of a large apple.

POMP'TINE, adjective [Latin pontina, a lake.] Designating a large marsh between Rome and Naples.