Tuesday, November 10, 2026
bombastic
bom-BAS-tik, adjective
High-sounding and inflated, with little substance.
“The keynote was bombastic; the release notes told the truth.”
Where bombastic comes from
Bombast was cotton wadding, the stuff used to pad out a doublet.
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