·noun Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.
II. Bombast ·adj High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.
III. Bombast ·vt To swell or fill out; to Pad; to Inflate.
IV. Bombast ·noun Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding.
V. Bombast ·noun Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.