pompous
adjectifattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈpɒmpəs//
- États-Unis//ˈpɑmpəs//
Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
adjectif
- 1
Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of bravery, in the infamy of his nature.
Not that the parting speech caused Amelia to philosophise, or that it armed her in any way with a calmness, the result of argument; but it was intolerably dull, pompous, and tedious; and having the fear of her schoolmistress greatly before her eyes, Miss Samuel did not venture, in her presence, to give way to any ebullitions of private grief.
Étymologie
From Middle English pompous, from Old French pompeux, pompos, from Late Latin pomposus, from Latin pompa (“pomp”), from Ancient Greek πομπή (pompḗ, “a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”), from πέμπω (pémpō, “to send”), equivalent to pomp + -ous. Doublet of pomposo.
Formes
- comparatif
- more pompous
- superlatif
- most pompous
pompous · Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
pond · An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made,…Pond · A surname.pong · A stench, a bad smell.