BOMBAST

bombast|bombastic. Bombast, or Bombastic, a. high-sounding, fulsome

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Bom″bast (bŏm″bȧst or bŭm″bȧst; 277), n. [[OF. bombace cotton, LL. bombax cotton, bombasium a doublet of cotton; hence, padding, wadding, fustian. See Bombazine.]] 1. 1. Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.
A candle with a wick of bombast. Lupton. 2. 2. Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding.
How now, my sweet creature of bombast! Shak. Doublets, stuffed with four, five, or six pounds of bombast at least. Stubbes. 3. 3. Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.
Yet noisy bombast carefully avoid. Dryden.