/pom pos"i tee/ , n. , pl. pomposities for 3.
1. the quality of being pompous.
2. pompous parading of dignity or importance.
3. an instance of being pompous, as by ostentatious loftiness of language, manner, or behavior.
Also, pompousness /pom"peuhs nis/ (for defs. 1, 2).
[ 1400-50; late ME pomposite pompositas. See POMPOUS, -ITY ]