[He] evades them with a bombast circumstance, Horribly
stuffed with epithets of war. --Shak.
Nor a tall metaphor in bombast way. --Cowley.
A candle with a wick of bombast. --Lupton.
2. Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing
for garments; stuffing; padding. [Obs.]
How now, my sweet creature of bombast! --Shak.
Doublets, stuffed with four, five, or six pounds of
bombast at least. --Stubbes.
3. Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language
above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.
Yet noisy bombast carefully avoid. --Dryden.
Not bombasted with words vain ticklish ears to feed.
--Drayton.