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“pompous” in Latin
splendidussplendid, bright, glittering; distinguished, noble, illustriousmagnificusgreat, noble, distinguished, eminent, august; splendid, rich, fine, costly, sumptuous, magnificentgrandisfull-grown, grown up; large, great, grand, lofty, big; powerfulturgidusturgid, swollen, inflated, distended; bombastic, turgid
The English word pompous itself goes back to Latin pompa, through pomposus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
pompous
splendidus, magnificus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) splendidus et magnificus; magnificus et lautus; magnificus et praeclarus: of style, etc., grandis, turgidus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for pompous?
- The usual Latin words for “pompous” are splendidus, magnificus, grandis; also turgidus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.