Unscramble

b 3 o 1 m 3 b 3 a 1 s 1 t 1 i 1 c 3

9 letters · 17 points in Scrabble

Meaning

adjective ostentatiously lofty in style

originFrom bombast (“padding, stuffing”) + -ic, 18th century. Sense evolution possibly influenced by unrelated bomb and bombard; see also bombard phrase.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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