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I am listening to a stirring rendition of Sir Edward
Elgar's Pomp and Cirsumstance and, naturally pondered the origin of pomp. Here it is: Middle English: from Old French pompe, via Latin from Greek pompē ‘procession, pomp,’ from pempein ‘send.’

Not sure why, but with the adjective pompous, I always think of a portly man, perhaps like the Alfred Hitchcock silouette. No reason a pompous person could not be a skinny dude or a beautiful woman.

I have always thought Jane Austen should have had a followup book to "Pride and Prejudice" called "Pomp and Circumstance", but alas no.