bombastic
bom·bas·tic
adjective
1.
- “a man given to large talk”
- “tumid political prose”
Origin
From bombast (“padding, stuffing”) + -ic, 18th century. Sense evolution possibly influenced by unrelated bomb and bombard; see also bombard phrase.
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