From Middle English -, from Old French pompe, from Latin pompa, from Ancient Greek πομπή, from πέμπω ("I send").

• (RP) IPA: /ˈpɒmp/
• (America) IPA: /ˈpɑːmp/

pomp

1. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: The Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC ↗:

     The deafening claps of thunder and the dazzling flashes of lightning which lit up the ghastly scene testified that the artillery of heaven had lent its supernatural pomp to the already gruesome spectacle.

2. A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.

• pompous
• pomposity
• hypnopompic

• German: Pomp
• Italian: pompa
• Spanish: boato, pompa

pomp (pomps, present participle pomping; simple past and past participle pomped)

1. (obsolete) To make a pompous display.
   • a. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC ↗:

     pomp'd for those hard trifles