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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person regarded as pompous or stiff.
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- noun idiomatic One who is
pompous orself-important , especially one who isofficious in a position of authority. - noun usually hyphenated Used
attributively .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bore who is extremely formal, pompous, and old-fashioned
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