Pomp Withou
The following was recently written by former featherweight boxing champion, Barry McGuigan*:
That's how poor a condition Tyson was in. Tyson lost in the sixth to an opponent who would not have got near him in his pomp. His pomp was 20 years ago. Frightening. He is as big as a house, old and fat.
Pomp --meaning "magnificence. -- What a wonderful word and how nice to see it flying solo without the baggage of Elgar and graduations. To the best of my knowledge, "pomp" has not been relegated to the archaic wordheap. May it's surge be swift and widespread!
**McGuigan was the subject of the song "Thank You Mr. Eastwood." by the late, lamented Dermot Morgan. My life ties together in a most tidy fashion, no?