pomposityn.

Brit.

/pɒmˈpɒsᵻti/, U.S.

/pɑmˈpɑsədi/

Forms: late Middle English pomposite, 1500s pompositie, 1600s– pomposity.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pompositas.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin pompositas pomp, bombast (5th cent.) < pomposus pompous adj. + classical Latin -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French pompeuseté pomp (second half of the 14th cent.), pomposité luxury (in clothes) (1518 in an apparently isolated attestation), Old Occitan pompozitat (c1350 in sense 2a; Occitan pompositat ), Spanish pomposidad (1615 or earlier), Italian pomposità (14th cent.). Compare earlier pomp n.¹, pompousness n.In quot. 1620 at sense 2a after Spanish vuestra pomposidad (1615 in Cervantes in the passage translated).

†1. Pomp, solemnity. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun]

with or in (great, etc.) solemnityc1290

ceremonialc1380

circumstancec1386

celebrityc1425

pomposity?a1475

solemness1530

state1599

fashionableness1608

ceremoniality1623

decorum1638

setness1642

formality1666

ceremonialnessa1680

formalness1684

gravity1689

solemn1706

ceremony1759

panjandrum1860

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 41 (MED) Iulius Cesar ordeneide, by the cownselle of the senate sette in pomposite, alle the worlde to be dimencionate.

a. Self-conscious display of (esp. inflated) dignity or importance in manner or language; ostentatiousness. Also: an instance of this.In quot. 1620 as a burlesque title.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > pomposity > [noun]

pompositya1538

ventosity?1545

pontificality1600

bigness1634

fast1673

swell1724

bumbledom1847

highfalutin1847

highfalutination1858

pompousness1870

largeness1887

falutin1921

hugaboo1930

stuffed-shirtedness1981

fantasia-

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > pomposity

stiltedness1828

pomposity1841

gas and gaiters1856

pompousness1870

a1538 W. Holme Fall & Euill Successe Rebellion (1572) sig. B.iiij^v Mortimer was slaine, for all his pompositie.

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote lii. 353 Let not your Pomposity forget to write to me.

1755 P. Hiffernan Tuner v. 13 There is a Pomposity in the Manner of the Original, which heightens the Ridicule.

1791 tr. Siege of Belgrade I. 46 In a few moments Prince Czerskaskoi, in all the rude pomposity of his manners, entered the apartment.

1798 M. Wollstonecraft Maria i. viii. 177 She could never forgive the contempt which was sometimes visible in my countenance, when she uttered with pomposity her bad English, or affected to be well bred.

1816 ‘P. Pindar’ Wks. II. 88 I..Preferr'd the ballads of the good Old Bailey, To all the cold pomposities of Hayley.

1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 216 Furious latinisms, bristling with polysyllabic pomposity.

1878 M. Arnold in Q. Rev. Jan. 269 Some acute remarks on the pomposity of diction.

1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror 164 ‘Among a great number of other papers,’ replied Sir George with a touch of pomposity.

1963 Playboy Feb. 19/1 Impossibly stilted dialog beside which the pomposities of Bullwinkle 's incorruptible Dudley Doright fairly crackle with wit and verisimilitude.

1992 M. Bracewell Conclave vi. 254 He found the arrogance and pomposity of some of his wealthier acquaintances equally loathsome.

b. A pompous person.

ΚΠ

1909 Daily Chron. 13 Feb. 4/4 Those delightful commonplace people who are so much more interesting..than the Oddities and Pomposities of the human peep-show.

1947 M. J. Steiner Inside Pan-Arabia xiii. 161 He [sc. Hitler] stated: ‘They impressed me as gabbling pomposities without any realistic background.’

2005 Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.) (Nexis) 12 Mar. c4 There's a cathartic thrill in seeing these self-important pomposities—many accustomed to getting by on looks alone—reduced to blubbering jellyfish.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pomposity
释义	pomposityn. Brit. /pɒmˈpɒsᵻti/, U.S. /pɑmˈpɑsədi/ Forms: late Middle English pomposite, 1500s pompositie, 1600s– pomposity. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pompositas. Etymology: < post-classical Latin pompositas pomp, bombast (5th cent.) < pomposus pompous adj. + classical Latin -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French pompeuseté pomp (second half of the 14th cent.), pomposité luxury (in clothes) (1518 in an apparently isolated attestation), Old Occitan pompozitat (c1350 in sense 2a; Occitan pompositat ), Spanish pomposidad (1615 or earlier), Italian pomposità (14th cent.). Compare earlier pomp n.¹, pompousness n.In quot. 1620 at sense 2a after Spanish vuestra pomposidad (1615 in Cervantes in the passage translated). †1. Pomp, solemnity. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] with or in (great, etc.) solemnityc1290 ceremonialc1380 circumstancec1386 celebrityc1425 pomposity?a1475 solemness1530 state1599 fashionableness1608 ceremoniality1623 decorum1638 setness1642 formality1666 ceremonialnessa1680 formalness1684 gravity1689 solemn1706 ceremony1759 panjandrum1860 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 41 (MED) Iulius Cesar ordeneide, by the cownselle of the senate sette in pomposite, alle the worlde to be dimencionate. 2. a. Self-conscious display of (esp. inflated) dignity or importance in manner or language; ostentatiousness. Also: an instance of this.In quot. 1620 as a burlesque title. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pomposity > [noun] pompositya1538 ventosity?1545 pontificality1600 bigness1634 fast1673 swell1724 bumbledom1847 highfalutin1847 highfalutination1858 pompousness1870 largeness1887 falutin1921 hugaboo1930 stuffed-shirtedness1981 fantasia- society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > pomposity stiltedness1828 pomposity1841 gas and gaiters1856 pompousness1870 a1538 W. Holme Fall & Euill Successe Rebellion (1572) sig. B.iiij^v Mortimer was slaine, for all his pompositie. 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote lii. 353 Let not your Pomposity forget to write to me. 1755 P. Hiffernan Tuner v. 13 There is a Pomposity in the Manner of the Original, which heightens the Ridicule. 1791 tr. Siege of Belgrade I. 46 In a few moments Prince Czerskaskoi, in all the rude pomposity of his manners, entered the apartment. 1798 M. Wollstonecraft Maria i. viii. 177 She could never forgive the contempt which was sometimes visible in my countenance, when she uttered with pomposity her bad English, or affected to be well bred. 1816 ‘P. Pindar’ Wks. II. 88 I..Preferr'd the ballads of the good Old Bailey, To all the cold pomposities of Hayley. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 216 Furious latinisms, bristling with polysyllabic pomposity. 1878 M. Arnold in Q. Rev. Jan. 269 Some acute remarks on the pomposity of diction. 1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror 164 ‘Among a great number of other papers,’ replied Sir George with a touch of pomposity. 1963 Playboy Feb. 19/1 Impossibly stilted dialog beside which the pomposities of Bullwinkle 's incorruptible Dudley Doright fairly crackle with wit and verisimilitude. 1992 M. Bracewell Conclave vi. 254 He found the arrogance and pomposity of some of his wealthier acquaintances equally loathsome. b. A pompous person. ΚΠ 1909 Daily Chron. 13 Feb. 4/4 Those delightful commonplace people who are so much more interesting..than the Oddities and Pomposities of the human peep-show. 1947 M. J. Steiner Inside Pan-Arabia xiii. 161 He [sc. Hitler] stated: ‘They impressed me as gabbling pomposities without any realistic background.’ 2005 Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.) (Nexis) 12 Mar. c4 There's a cathartic thrill in seeing these self-important pomposities—many accustomed to getting by on looks alone—reduced to blubbering jellyfish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1475
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