| Figure Name | bomphiologia |
| Source | Silva Rhetoricae (http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Silva.htm), Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomphiologia) |
| Earliest Source | None |
| Synonyms | verborum bombus |
| Etymology | None |
| Type | Chroma |
| Linguistic Domain |
Semantic |
| Definition |
Exaggeration done in a self-aggrandizing manner, as a braggart. |
| Example |
two cats ... alighting opposite one another on my visage, betook themselves to indecorous contention for the paltry consideration of my nose. (E.A. Poe "Loss of Breath" 2:159) |
| Kind Of | |
| Part Of | |
| Related Figures | hyperbole, macrologia, periergia, figures of excess and superfluity |
| Notes | Not sure what "type of" this figure would be. |
| Confidence | Confident |
| Last Editor | Allan McDougall |
| Confidence | Confident |
| Editorial Notes | |
| Reviewed | Yes |
| Reviewer | Allan McDougall |