*pomp*

v. i. To make a pompons display; to conduct. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it straight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. pámpano. ] [ Written also pampano. ] (Zool.) 1. Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus Trachynotus, of which four species are found on the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also palometa. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They have a brilliant silvery or golden luster, and are highly esteemed as food fishes. The round pompano (Trachynotus thomboides) and the Carolina pompano (Trachynotus Carolinus) are the most common. Other species occur on the Pacific coast. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A California harvest fish (Stromateus simillimus), highly valued as a food fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pompano shell (Zool.), a small bivalve shell of the genus Donax; -- so called because eaten by the pompano. [ Florida ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pompaticus. ] Pompous. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Pompeianus. ] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, Pompeii, an ancient city of Italy, buried by an eruption of Vesuvius in 79 a. d., and partly uncovered by modern excavations. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Art) A brownish red approaching maroon, supposed to be imitated from the color of the wall panels of houses in Pompeii, which were decorated during the last age of the Republic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Pompelmouses [ D. pompelmoes; cf. G. pompelmuse, F. pamplemousse, and F. pompoléon. ] (Bot.) A shaddock, esp. one of large size. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. pompette. ] (Print.) The ball formerly used to ink the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a bubble, the slag on the surface of smelted ore, from &unr_; a blister. ] 1. (Old Chem.) Impure zinc oxide. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A skin disease in which there is an eruption of bullæ, without inflammation or fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An ointment or pomatum made of black poplar buds. [ Obs. ] Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. pompon. See Pumpkin. ] See Pumpion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pomum a fruit, LL. also, an apple + pirum a pear. ] A pearmain. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Pompelmous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an ornamental ball or tuft of wool, feathers, or other fluffy material used as a decoration on clothing such as hats and slippers. [ PJC ]

2. a pompon. [ PJC ]

n. [ Imitative. ] (Mil.) originally, a Vickers-Maxim one-pounder automatic machine cannon using metallic ammunition fed from a lopped belt attached to the gun; -- popularly so called from its peculiar drumming sound in action. More recently, the term is applied mostly to automatic antiaircraft cannons. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. a female cheerleader, especially one who waves a pompon{ 5 } while performing a cheering routine. [ PJC ]

n. [ F. ] 1. Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn by soldiers on the front of the hat (such as a shako), instead of a feather. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. (a) A hardy garden chrysanthemum having buttonlike heads of flowers. (b) Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. the globe-shaped flower head characteristic of certain plants such as dahlias and chrysanthemums. [ PJC ]

5. a ball-shaped cluster of ribbons or streamers held in the hand and waved by some cheerleaders at team sports contests. See pompom girl. Called also pompom. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Pomposities The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. & adv. [ It. ] (Mus.) Grand and dignified; in grand style. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. pompeux, L. pomposus. See Pomp. ] 1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style. “Pompous in high presumption.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

he pompous vanity of the old schoolmistress. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Pom"ous*ly, adv. -- Pomp"ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Pontine. [ 1913 Webster ]