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pomposity (n.)
[pomposity 词源字典]
early 15c., "pomp, solemnity," from Medieval Latin
pompositas
, from Late Latin
pomposus
"stately, pompous" (see
pompous
). The sense of "ostentatious display" is from 1610s; earlier in French
pomposité
.
[pomposity etymology, pomposity origin, 英语词源]