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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Bumbastnoun
Etymology: falsely written for bombast; the etymology of which I am now very doubtful of; bombast and bombasine being mentioned, with great probability, by Franciscus Junius, as coming from boom, a tree, and sein, silk; the silk or cotton of a tree.
The usual bumbast of black bits sewed into ermine, our English women are made to think very fine. Nehemiah Grew.
We have received your letters full of love,
And, in our maiden council, rated them
As courtship, pleasant jest, and courtesy,
As bumbast, and as lining to the time. William Shakespeare.
Webster Dictionary
Bumbast
see Bombast
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bumbast in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bumbast in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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