bombast

== English == === Etymology === From Old French bombace (“cotton, cotton wadding”), from Late Latin bombax (“cotton”), a variant of bombyx (“silkworm”), from Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux, “silkworm”), possibly related to Middle Persian pmbk' (“cotton”), from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning “to twist, wind”. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɒmbæst/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑmbæst/ (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈbʌmbæst/ Hyphenation: bom‧bast === Noun === bombast (countable and uncountable, plural bombasts) (archaic) Cotton, or cotton wool. Synonym: fustian (archaic) Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing, padding. (figurative) High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking. Synonyms: aureation, (obsolete) bombard phrase, fustian, grandiloquence, purple prose ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → German: Bombast→ Norwegian Bokmål: bombast ==== Translations ==== === Verb === bombast (third-person singular simple present bombasts, present participle bombasting, simple past and past participle bombasted) To swell or fill out; to inflate, to pad. To use high-sounding words; to speak or write in a pompous or ostentatious manner. ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === bombast (comparative more bombast, superlative most bombast) Big without meaning, or high-sounding; bombastic, inflated; magniloquent. Synonyms: aureate, highfalutin === References === === Further reading === fustian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Bombast (“bombast”), from English bombast, from Old French bombace (“cotton, cotton wadding”), from Late Latin bombax (“cotton”), a variant of bombyx (“silkworm”), from Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux, “silkworm”), of Anatolian origin. Cognate with English bombast and German Bombast. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʊm.bast/ Rhymes: -ast Hyphenation: bom‧bast === Noun === bombast m (definite singular bombasten, indefinite plural bombaster, definite plural bombastene) (archaic) bombast; cotton or cotton wool (raw fibers of cotton before being processed.) (figuratively) bombast (high-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.) ==== Derived terms ==== bombastisk (“bombastic”) === References === “bombast” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). “bombast” in Store norske leksikon == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Bombast. === Adjective === bombast m or n (feminine singular bombastă, masculine plural bombaști, feminine/neuter plural bombaste) bombastic ==== Declension ==== === References === bombast in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN