pomp

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French pompe, from Latin pompa (“pomp”), from Ancient Greek πομπή (pompḗ, “a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”), from πέμπω (pémpō, “I send”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒmp/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːmp/
• Rhymes: -ɒmp

Noun

pomp (countable and uncountable, plural pomps)

1. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
   • 1698. "A person of quality" [Pierre Nicole]. Moral Essayes, Contain'd in Several Treatises on Many Important Duties. Vol I, p95.

     "'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 in a condition so far from all pomp and splendour."

   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[[Episode 12: The Cyclops]]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare & Co.; Sylvia Beach, OCLC 560090630; republished London: Published for the Egoist Press, London by John Rodker, Paris, October 1922, OCLC 2297483:

     The deafening claps of thunder and the dazzling flashes of lightning which lit up the ghastly scene testified that the artillery of heaven had lent its supernatural pomp to the already gruesome spectacle.

2. A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.
   • 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian

     {{..}} a more beautiful expression of joy and thanksgiving than could have been exhibitied by all the pomps of a Roman triumph.

Verb

pomp (third-person singular simple present pomps, present participle pomping, simple past and past participle pomped)

1. (obsolete) To make a pompous display; to conduct.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)

Further reading

• pomp in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• pomp in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• pomp at OneLook Dictionary Search

Etymology

From German Pomp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔmp/, [pʰʌmˀb̥]

Noun

pomp c (singular definite pompen, not used in plural form)

1. pomp (show of magnificence)

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔmp
• IPA^(key): /pɔmp/

Noun

pomp f (plural pompen, diminutive pompje n)

1. pump (device for moving liquid or gas)

Etymology

Probably a loan word from the Danish pomp, from the French pompe, from the Latin pompa (“display, parade, procession”), from Ancient Greek πομπή (pompḗ, “a sending”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰɔm̥p/
• Rhymes: -ɔm̥p

Noun

pomp n (genitive singular pomps)

1. ceremony, pomp