pomp
To make a pompous displayTo make a pompous display.
» The new bishop was installed with much pomp and circumstance.
Meaning
2 senses(obsolete)To make a pompous display.
(obsolete, transitive)To pamper.
Examples
6 sentencesThe new bishop was installed with much pomp and circumstance.
The new community center was inaugurated yesterday with pomp and circumstance.
Tom celebrated his fortieth birthday the other day, without pomp or ceremony.
Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
Buckingham Palace is a symbol of pomp and ceremony.
Origin
The noun is derived from Middle English pomp, pompe, from Old French pompe, from Latin pomThe noun is derived from Middle English pomp, pompe, from Old French pompe, from Latin pompa (“pomp”), from Ancient Greek πομπή (pompḗ, “a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”), from πέμπω (pémpō, “to send”).
From Middle English pompen. Possibly an alteration of pampen (English pamp), from Middle Low German pampen (“to pamper oneself, live luxuriously”), from Old Saxon *pampōn, from Proto-Germanic *pampōną (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”).
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Forms
pomps, pomping, pomped, pompedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle