bom⋅bast
–noun
| 1. | speech too pompous for an occasion; pretentious words. |
| 2. | Obsolete. cotton or other material used to stuff garments; padding. |
–adjective
| 3. | Obsolete. BOMBASTIC |
Origin:
1560–70; earlier bombace padding, SEE BOMBAX FAMILY…
bombax family
–noun the plant family Bombacaceae, typified by tropical deciduous trees having palmate leaves, large and often showy solitary or clustered flowers, and dry fruit with a woolly pulp, and including the baobab and silk-cotton tree.
Origin: the silk-cotton tree genus; ML: silk, cotton, alter. see BOMBYCID
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