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pompousadj.adv. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pompeux. Etymology: < Middle French pompeux (French pompeux ) (of a person) ridiculously solemn (c1350), (of an action or behaviour) exceedingly solemn (a1400 or earlier), (of a procession or ceremony) magnificent (1409), (of a person) fond of pomp and display (1436 or earlier), (of speech) eloquent, in high style (1572), turgid, inflated, verbose (1674) < post-classical Latin pomposus magnificent, grand, pompous (5th cent.) < classical Latin pompa pomp n.1 + -ōsus -ous suffix. Compare Old Occitan pompos (14th cent.; Occitan pompós ), Catalan pompós (end of the 14th cent.), Spanish pomposo (14th cent. or earlier), Portuguese pomposo (14th cent.), Italian pomposo (see pomposo adv., n., and adj.). With use as adverb compare earlier pompously adv.With the β. forms compare -eous suffix, -ious suffix. With the γ. forms compare -uous suffix. A. adj.the mind > emotion > pride > pomposity > [adjective] society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > pompous c1375 G. Chaucer 3745 Was neuere capitayn vnder a kyng..Ne moore pompous in heigh presumpcioun Than Oloferne. a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate (Arun.) (1911) 1076 (MED) So hoote brente the hatred and envie Of bothe two thorgh pompous Surquedye. c1475 (Folger) (1969) 1121 (MED) Conforme yow not to þis pompyus glory But reforme in gostly felynge. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii, in 225/2 If they kepe few seruauntes we call them nyggardes. If they kepe many we cal them pompouse. 1589 G. Puttenham iii. xxiii. 228 The French king neither liking of his errant, nor yet of his pompous speech, said [etc.]. 1631 J. Weever 785 Coming, after a pompous and bragging manner. 1709 2–4 Nov. Clothing the Egestuosity of your Matter with pompous Epithets. 1750 Ld. Chesterfield 8 Jan. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1482 In spite of all the pompous and specious epithets he may assume. 1804 12 108 It has, however, often been dignified with pompous names. 1814 J. Austen I. viii. 156 Mrs. Rushworth, a well-meaning, civil, prosing, pompous woman, who thought nothing of consequence, but as it related to her own and her son's concerns. View more context for this quotation 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato I. 114 Those who spin pompous theories out of nothing. 1918 W. M. Kirkland xix. 223 The cabbage inflates itself with an appearance of pompous righteousness. 1968 22 Aug. 252/1 Language is usually what they [sc. radio programmes] are about, or, to call it by its new, pompous name, Presentation. 2002 Feb. 90/4 If you start getting all pompous, pretentious and up yourself with Ali you're setting yourself up to get mashed big time. the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adjective] > magnificent the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [adjective] c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) i. 3110 (MED) Iason..Toward þe kyng ful fast gan hym hyȝe; Whom þat he fonde, liche to his estate, With septer in hond, ful pompus and elate..Sittyng ful kyngly. a1439 J. Lydgate (Bodl. 263) viii. 3251 With a great host, most pompous in his glorie. 1528 (title page) I will ascende makynge my state so hye That my pompous honoure shall never dye. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin iv. xix. f. 155 They..goe in a long pompous shewe to carrie a pageante of holy oyle. 1575 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun (1833) I. 114 The pompious convoy and supperflouis banketting to Margerat Denelstoun the day of hir mariage. 1638 F. Junius 60 The Poets bring..upon a stage..all what is pompous, grave, and delightfull. a1685 M. Evelyn (1690) 8 When to the Play 'tis time to go, In Pompous Coach, or else Sedan'd With Equipage along the Strand. 1720 D. Waterland 175 Upon this Occasion,..it pleased God, in the most solemn and pompous Manner to proclaim the high Dignity of God the Son. 1738 T. Birch Life Milton in J. Milton I. 47 The pompous Edition of it [sc. Paradise Lost] printed by Subscription in 1688. 1841 M. Elphinstone II. ix. iii. 342 There was a general fair and many processions and other pompous shows. 1896 T. F. Tout (ed. 2) iv. 82 At the head of a pompous embassy. 1955 S. H. Adams 312 How rich, how affording, how pompous is the career of a canal wife. 2002 C. Reardon v. 122 Upon her death, her brothers provided her with a pompous and splendid funeral. †B. adv.the mind > emotion > pride > pomposity > [adverb] 1754 J. Shebbeare II. xlviii. 62 The Earl having talked extremely pompous of the Honour and Antiquity of his Family. Compounds 1791 ‘P. Pindar’ 501 A set of very pompous-looking chaps. 1989 D. Parmeé tr. G. Flaubert (2000) i. 39 He greeted a pompous-looking gentleman wearing a decoration, a white necktie and whiskers. a1802 T. Dermody (1807) II. 300 In pompous sounding lay, I dash away. 2000 J. McKay vi. 62 A definition of gobbledegook..is that it is pompous-sounding rubbish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  adj.adv.c1375 |
