SuaviloquyToday’s word

pomposity

Pomposity, n.; pl. Pomposities (.

The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness. Thackeray.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for pomposity; he lists it under ostentation.

Where he writes about it:

Pomposity and pompousness are the affectation of pomp. — from ostentation