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Words to describe people

This week’s words
cadgy
querimonious
bombaster


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PRONUNCIATION:

(bom-BAS-tuhr)

MEANING:

noun: One given to bluster and pretentiousness.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old French bombace (cotton padding), from Latin bombax (cotton), from Greek bombux (silk, silkworm). Earliest documented use: 1611.

USAGE:

“Over a matter of policy, a seasoned professional bombaster [Rush Limbaugh] with a big microphone attacks a young, seemingly unassuming female law student [Sandra Fluke].”
John M. Crisp; Let’s Not Give Name-Calling a Bad Name; Times Record News (Wichita Falls, Texas); Mar 14, 2012.

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