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单词 ceremonious
释义 cer·e·mo·nious
\|serə|mōnēəs, -nyəs\ adjective
Etymology: Middle French cérimonieux, cérémonieux, from cérimonie, cérémonie + -eux -ous
1. : ceremonial
2. : devoted to forms and ceremony : punctilious about ceremony and formal procedure
 < ceremonious courtiers >
 < it was evidently to be a ceremonious occasion, for … he found his dress clothes put out for him — Compton Mackenzie >
3. : in accord with especially stiff or formal usage or prescribed procedures
 < the mere ceremonious salutation attending his entrance — Jane Austen >
 < that kind of ceremonious devotion punctually observed by a gentleman of the old school — Washington Irving >
4. : marked by ceremony, especially by full, elaborate, and often showy observance of prescribed forms
 < a ceremonious procession >
 < his ceremonious diction wore the aspect of pomposity — Sir Winston Churchill >
Synonyms: see ceremonial
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