pontifyv.

Brit.

/ˈpɒntᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈpɑn(t)əˌfaɪ/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pontifier.

Etymology: < French pontifier (1866 in this sense; earlier in senses ‘to rise to the office or dignity of Pope’ (a1436) and ‘to perform the functions of a pontiff’ (1801)) < post-classical Latin pontificare pontificate v.; compare -fy suffix. Compare later pontificate v. 2.

Usually depreciative. Now rare.

intransitive. To assume an arrogant air of authority; to speak dogmatically or pompously. Cf. pontificate v. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > dogmatic assertion > [verb (intransitive)]

pontify1883

1883 Times 19 Feb. 8 Wagner always seemed to pontify when he talked.

1892 Sat. Rev. 28 May 635/2 He is one of the few scientific men who do not ‘pontify’.

1908 Athenæum 22 Aug. 209 Mr. Malloch and his friends are equally academic and nebulous, as well as equally inclined to ‘pontify’.

2004 Marketing Week (Nexis) 8 Jan. 66 All manner of people and organisations, many of whom would not know a market if you served it up on a plate with watercress, airily pontify on, say, branding.

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

单词	pontify
释义	pontifyv. Brit. /ˈpɒntᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈpɑn(t)əˌfaɪ/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pontifier. Etymology: < French pontifier (1866 in this sense; earlier in senses ‘to rise to the office or dignity of Pope’ (a1436) and ‘to perform the functions of a pontiff’ (1801)) < post-classical Latin pontificare pontificate v.; compare -fy suffix. Compare later pontificate v. 2. Usually depreciative. Now rare. intransitive. To assume an arrogant air of authority; to speak dogmatically or pompously. Cf. pontificate v. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > dogmatic assertion > [verb (intransitive)] pontify1883 1883 Times 19 Feb. 8 Wagner always seemed to pontify when he talked. 1892 Sat. Rev. 28 May 635/2 He is one of the few scientific men who do not ‘pontify’. 1908 Athenæum 22 Aug. 209 Mr. Malloch and his friends are equally academic and nebulous, as well as equally inclined to ‘pontify’. 2004 Marketing Week (Nexis) 8 Jan. 66 All manner of people and organisations, many of whom would not know a market if you served it up on a plate with watercress, airily pontify on, say, branding. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1883
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