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单词 pontificality
释义

pontificality

/ˌpɒntɪfɪˈkalɪti/
noun
1A pontificate; the papacy. Compare pontificate. rare after 18th cent.
2 Depreciative. A grand, stately, or haughty demeanour. Now usually: arrogance; dogmatism; pomposity. rare before mid 20th cent.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. Apparently from pontifical (although this is apparently first attested slightly later) + -ity.

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