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Etymology
From English bombast.
Pronunciation
Noun
bombasto (accusative singular bombaston, plural bombastoj, accusative plural bombastojn)
- bombast
1956, Sándor Szathmári, “La fluidumo de la ĉiovido”, in Satiraj rakontoj:Ĉio malkaŝiĝis, kio ne estis destinita por la publiko: amsekretoj, arseniko, trompoj, falsigoj, defraŭdoj, la pasintoj de publike konataj, honestaj viroj, malpuraĵoj malantaŭ la kulisoj, la veraj motivoj de politikaj bombastoj.- Everything was uncovered that wasn't destined for the public: love secrets, arsenic, deceptions, falsifications, defraudings, the pasts of publicly known, honest men, dirt behind the flats, the true motives of political bombasts.
1958, Sándor Szathmári, Vojaĝo al Kazohinio:La evidenta malvereco de ĉi tiu argumento devas ridigi ĉiun prudente pensantan homon, antaŭ kiu estas konataj la falsaj bombastoj, uzataj de la sagaca diplomatio de aliaj landoj.- The obvious falsehood of this argument must make any sanely thinking person laugh who knows the false bombasts used in the shrewd diplomacy of other countries.
- 2001, Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Vojaĝo ĝis noktofino, trs. Ĵak Le Puil and Armela LeQuint:
Giganta bombasto. Sed tro da admiro por sola homo.- Gigantic bombast. But too much admiration for a single person.