pompous

(Tiếng Anh)

Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.

Tính thường xuyên

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Phát âm là (IPA)
/ˈpɒmpəs/
Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

In summary

From Middle English pompous, from Old French pompeux, pompos, from Late Latin pomposus, from Latin pompa (“pomp”), from Ancient Greek πομπή (pompḗ, “a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”), from πέμπω (pémpō, “I send”), equivalent to pomp + -ous. Doublet of pomposo.

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