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Definition of: bombast
(bom′bast) noun
1. Grandiloquent language; rant.
2. Obs. Stuffing; filling. [<OF bombace cotton padding <LL bombax, -acis, earlier bambax cotton <.LGk.bambax (infl. by Gk. bambyx silk) <Gk. pambax<Persian pambak cotton]
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