英语词汇pontification的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	pontification
词源	pontification n. 1520s, "office of a bishop" (a sense now obsolete), noun of action from past-participle stem of Medieval Latin pontificare (see pontificate (v.)). Meaning "something pontificated; act of pontificating" is from 1925. Entries linking to pontification pontificate v. 1818, "to act as a pontiff, say pontifical Mass," from Medieval Latin pontificatus, past participle of pontificare "to be a pontifex," from Latin pontifex (see pontiff). Especially "to assume pompous and dignified airs, issue dogmatic decrees" (1825). Meaning "to say (something) in a pompous or dogmatic way" is from 1922. Related: Pontificated; pontificating. updated on August 28, 2020
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pontification n.