Word of the Day
for Tuesday,
December 4, 2012
Pontificate \pon-TIF-i-keyt\, verb:
1. To speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner.
2. To perform the office or duties of a pontiff.
3. To serve as a bishop, especially in a Pontifical Mass.
2. To perform the office or duties of a pontiff.
3. To serve as a bishop, especially in a Pontifical Mass.
noun:
1. The office or term of office of a pontiff.
1. The office or term of office of a pontiff.
His image is to appear
as the guardian of robust morality as opposed to the business world, and he is
invited pretty regularly to pontificate
on television.
-- Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
-- Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The teacher's vanity
and desire to pontificate
had, he was vaguely aware, got the better of him.
-- Michael Antony, The Apocalypse Syndrome
-- Michael Antony, The Apocalypse Syndrome
Originating from the Latin pontificatus,
meaning 'to speak in the manner of a pontiff,' pontificate fell into common
usage in 1825.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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