A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius, and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition. From LearnThat.org. [Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832)]
Labels: pimpin ', pomposity posted by Mungowitz @ 3/25/2009 03: 12: 00 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Duke Chautauqua Series] Reference
And in the case of Barack Obama, pomposity can also be a code word for race. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen C. Rose: Obama's Achilles Heel: The Pomposity Perception] Reference
In my defense, may I remind you that the labels on the post are pimpin 'pomposity. From Wordnik.com. [Duke Chautauqua Series] Reference
Labels: people and places, pimpin ', pomposity posted by Mungowitz @ 3/12/2009 08: 43: 00 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Lou Dobbs Likes "Indoctrinate U"] Reference
Edited to add; Apologies for the "pomposity" remark. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
Morrissey asked if we could even "imagine" Russia showing this kind of pomposity under Bush's leadership. From Wordnik.com. [Political Animal] Reference
Then he cleared his throat, with the pomposity which is inseparable with most men from the act of reading aloud. From Wordnik.com. [The Firm of Girdlestone] Reference
'pomposity' of redesign C of C educator explores development of 8 - to 12-year-old students. From Wordnik.com. [Stories: Local News] Reference
"I don't know, sir," says Corliss, with some pomposity. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Coterie] Reference
It was his nature to dislike pomposity, and he let it show. From Wordnik.com. [The Praise Singer]
The inn-keeper at Valence amused us much by his empty pomposity. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808] Reference
And yet he was a person with feelings despite all the pomposity. From Wordnik.com. [Snow Angels]
And now that pomposity has come back to bite them in the behind. From Wordnik.com. [An Untrue ‘Path’?] Reference
KURTZ: Time now for "The Kurtz Word," and that word is pomposity. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 12, 2006] Reference
Pope's couplet again may possibly best convey the pomposity of some. From Wordnik.com. [Theocritus, translated into English Verse] Reference
To puncture pomposity should be the political satirist's raison d'être. From Wordnik.com. [Why Obama Needs a Tina Fey] Reference
A former Australian prime minister, in fact, called it pomposity gone mad. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 19, 2005] Reference
Often accused of pomposity and sermonizing, Sting is guilty of neither here. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Summoner's Tales] Reference
And the preposterous pomposity of "Newsweek's" new cover boy Stephen Colbert. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 12, 2006] Reference
The gentleman took it seriously, and it has given his strut additional pomposity. From Wordnik.com. [Political Recollections 1840 to 1872] Reference
An excited crowd streamed after the policeman, who stalked on with no little pomposity. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
It exhibited confused traces of Georgian grace, Victorian pomposity and Edwardian muddle. From Wordnik.com. [Scales of Justice]
Jim was somewhat crestfallen at the rector's rebuke, but merely added, with some pomposity. From Wordnik.com. [A Child of the Glens or, Elsie's Fortune] Reference
It's an old phrase, conceived in innocence, carried with pomposity, and born of condemnation. From Wordnik.com. [Motherhood, The Second Oldest Profession]
Plon, who was recovering his pomposity, pressed forward, and laid a hand on the soldier's arm. From Wordnik.com. [Tales from Many Sources Vol. V] Reference
Plenty of pomp and pomposity on display Sunday when the Golden Globes air at 8: 00 Eastern time. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2004] Reference
"Yes, rebellion," he said hurriedly, glaring at Meneril, but his usual pomposity quickly returned. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of Chaos]
Elrich has maintained a low-key approach that lacks some of the pomposity that can creep into politics. From Wordnik.com. [Takoma Park festival's a stop for Democrats running for Montgomery's at-large seats] Reference
Another story, which was much enjoyed in Ireland as showing the pomposity of his Excellency, may be recalled. From Wordnik.com. [The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent] Reference
He does a terrific line in sour grapes and injured pomposity … but what a play upon which to squander such talent. From Wordnik.com. [Deathtrap; Bedlam; Tiny Kushner] Reference
His pomposity was on the surface, and his stiffness and hauteur were but the mannerisms with which some men are cursed. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
In the case of the bishop and the schoolboy, the use of the classics is, on the one hand, pomposity; on the other, discretion. From Wordnik.com. [Gilbert Keith Chesterton] Reference
He was an officer, judging from his side arms, and with great pomposity he now advanced, puffing and blowing, toward the boys. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage with Captain Dynamite] Reference
These beginnings of make-believe pomposity are followed up by the strangest revelations wherever the adventurer sets his foot. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873] Reference
They looked so insignificant and put on such an air of austere authority that one did not know whether to laugh or cry at their pomposity. From Wordnik.com. [An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China] Reference
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