ceremonious
According to the required or usual ceremonies, formalities, or ritualsAccording to the required or usual ceremonies, formalities, or rituals; specifically (Christianity, obsolete), to ceremonial laws in the Bible.
Meaning
4 sensesAccording to the required or usual ceremonies, formalities, or rituals; specifically (Christianity, obsolete), to ceremonial laws in the Bible.
feierlich
Involving much ceremony; ostentatious, showy.
Of a person: fond of ceremony or ritual, or of observing strict etiquette or formality; punctilious.
Synonym of ceremonial (“of, relating to, consisting of, or used in a ceremony or rite”); formal, ritual.
- rigidly formal or bound by convention
- characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Learned borrowing from Middle French cérémonieux (modern French cérémonieux) or directly fLearned borrowing from Middle French cérémonieux (modern French cérémonieux) or directly from its etymon Latin caerimōniōsus + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting the presence of a quality in any degree (typically an abundance)). Caerimōniōsus is derived from Latin caerimōnia (“awe, reverence, veneration; sacredness, sanctity; religious ceremony, ritual”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to build, make; to do”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, overly’ forming adjectives from nouns). By surface analysis, ceremony + -ous.
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Forms
more ceremonious, most ceremonious| Comparative | more ceremonious Lesson |
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| Superlative | most ceremonious Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonyms- rigidly formal or bound by convention:conventional
- characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display:pompous
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form