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tri·umph
I. \ˈtrīəm(p)f also -īˌəm-; before a consonant following without pause (as in “triumphs”) often -m(p), before a pause or vowel sometimes -mp; also ÷ -m(p)th\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English triumphe, from Middle French, from Latin triumphus, alteration of Old Latin triumpus, from triumpe! shout repeated at the ceremonial departure of the Roman priests during the Arval fertility festival, probably of non-Indo-European origin; akin to the source of Greek thriambos, hymn sung in processions honoring the god of fruits Dionysus
1.
a. : an ancient Roman ceremonial in honor of a general after his decisive victory over a foreign enemy beginning with his entrance into the city preceded by the senate and magistrates, the spoils, and the captives in chains and followed by his army in marching order and ending with sacrificial offerings and a public feast
b. : a triumphal procession or stately especially public show or pageant
< fishing and hunting expeditions had a sacred character. Their successes were celebrated with festivals and triumphs — H.M.Parshley >
2.
a. : an occasion of victory especially such as to elicit satisfaction, exultation, or acclaim : a decisive victory
< another great oratorical triumph — A.C.Cole >
< wartime scientific and technical triumphs — Gerard Piel >
< the triumph of industrialism — C.I.Glicksberg >
b. : satisfaction resulting from a victory : exultation
< evil expression of triumph on the man's face — Georgina Grahame >
< eyes were full of a wild hilarity and a wilder triumph — Elinor Wylie >
c. : something resulting from or signifying a noteworthy victory or success
< conference room — that triumph of fretwork and frenchified interior decoration — R.H.Rovere >
< concedes in a triumph of understatement — M.W.Straight >
3. : a state of joy or exultation for success
< great triumph and rejoicing was in heaven — John Milton >
4.
a. : a card game of medieval France or any of several games (as loo) derived from it
b. : a precursor of whist played in England in the 16th century
c. archaic : trump card
Synonyms: see victory
II. \“, sometimes in pres part trīˈəm-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin triumphare, from triumphus triumph
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to receive the honor of a triumph
b. : to celebrate victory or success with exaltation : exult boastfully
< sorrow on thee and all the pack of you that triumph thus upon my misery — Shakespeare >
2. : to obtain victory : be successful : prevail
< triumphing over death, and chance — John Milton >
< proponents of the income tax triumphed eventually — W.B.Lockling >
< originality constantly triumphed over convention — G.G.Coulton >
3. : to be prosperous : flourish
< where commerce triumphed on the favoring gales — John Trumbull >
transitive verb
: conquer |