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(1):

(a.) High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.

(2):

(v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.

(3):

(n.) Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.

(4):

(n.) Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.

(5):

(n.) Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bombast'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bombast.html. 1828.
 
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