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pomp¹
- /ˈpɒmp/ UK
- /ˈpɑːmp/ US
Rhymes with -ɒmp
Where it comes from
The 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”).
The verb is derived from Middle English pompen, from pomp, pompe (see above).
noun pomps
- Show of magnificence; parade; display; power. 'Tis a gross visible errour, which Tertullian teaches in his Book of Idolatry cap. 18. That all the marks of Dignity and Power, and all the ornaments annexed to Office, are forbid Christians, and that Jesus Christ hath plac'd all these things amongst the pomps of the Devil, since he himself appeared
- A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant. […] a more beautiful expression of joy and thanksgiving than could have been exhibited by all the pomps of a Roman triumph.
verb pomps · pomping · pomped
- To make a pompous display. pomp'd for those hard trifles
pomp²
- /ˈpɒmp/ UK
- /ˈpɑːmp/ US
Rhymes with -ɒmp
Where it comes from
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”).
verb pomps · pomping · pomped
- To pamper.
Translations
Talk about this word "pomp." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pomp. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pomp. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pomp "pomp." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pomp.Cite this
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