See Also: bombast(1)(dictionary)
bombast(2)(dictionary)
bombast(dictionary)

bombast(2) (iou)



bombast noun. M16.
[Var. of BOMBACE.]
Raw cotton; cotton wool, esp. as padding. obsolete exc. Hist. M16.
fig. Inflated, turgid, or high-sounding language; empty rhetoric. L16.
bom'bastic adjective of the nature of bombast; given to inflated language: E18.
bom'bastical adjective (arch.) = bombastic M17.
bom'bastically adverb E19.