Definition of pomp

"pomp" in the noun sense

1. gaudery, pomp

cheap or pretentious or vain display

2. pomp, eclat

ceremonial elegance and splendor

"entered with much eclat in a coach drawn by eight white horses"

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Quotations for pomp

How pomp is followed! [ William Shakespeare ]

All our pomp the earth covers. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Her polished limbs,
Veiled in a simple robe, their best attire,
Beyond the pomp of dress; for loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorned, adorned the most. [ Thomson ]

And so sepulchred in such pomp dost lie;
That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. [ Milton ]

Its pomp, its pleasures, and its nonsense all. [ Thomson ]

How is night's sable mantle labored over.
How richly wrought with attributes divine!
What wisdom shines! what love! this midnight pomp.
This gorgeous arch, with golden worlds inlaid!
Built with divine ambition. [ Young ]

The pomp of death is far more terrible than death itself. [ Nathaniel Lee ]

Their little minim forms arrayed in all the tricksy pomp of fairy pride. [ Drake ]

A noble life, crowned with heroic death, rises above and outlives the pride and pomp and glory of the mightiest empires of the earth. [ James A. Garfield ]

pomp in Scrabble®

The word pomp is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

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pomp in Words With Friends™

The word pomp is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters pomp:

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Words within the letters of pomp

3 letter words in pomp (2 words)

4 letter words in pomp (1 word)

pomp + 2 blanks (5 words)

Words containing the sequence pomp

Words with pomp in them (2 words)

Words that end with pomp (2 words)

Word Growth involving pomp

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Longer words containing pomp

pompano pompanos

pompelmous pompelmouses

pompom pompoms

pomposity

pompous pompously

pompous pompousness

psychopomp psychopomps